I have definitively enough of this “Code leaked” headers within online magazines…
\nIf it’s an Android the kernel code is GPL, as soon as a device gets shipped they have to publish the
\ncode because otherwise they’d break the conditions of the GPL which in turn would result in
\ncommitting a crime basically.
\nAnd as history showed us now, GPL can prevail in front of a judge.
\nThere were indeed companies which had to pay a lot of money because they broke GPL. [1] (in German)
\n100’000\u20ac… they should have let them bleed more, then it would have hurt more :-><\/p>\n
Anyway.
\nThe usage of Android forces every producer to publish the kernel source code,
\neverything else is against the law
\n“Leaked” code in this sense does NOT exist within the FOSS world because the code builds itself up and develops during time, commit by commit.
\nThe code slowly leaks into upstream, which is exactly the strength of FOSS, world wide cooperation…<\/p>\n
The term leaked is just used as a marketing gag in order to attract plan less wannabes<\/b><\/p>\n
[1] http:\/\/www.telemedicus.info\/urteile\/Urheberrecht\/Open-Source\/496-LG-Muenchen-I-Az-21-O-612304-Zur-rechtlichen-Wirksamkeit-der-GPL.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have definitively enough of this “Code leaked” headers within online magazines… If it’s an Android the kernel code is GPL, as soon as a device gets shipped they have to publish the code because otherwise they’d break the conditions of the GPL which in turn would result in committing a crime basically. And as … Continue reading Enough of reporters with no plan…<\/span>