On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Cole Johnson <[email protected]>wrote:
> > I assume it wouldn't be all that hard to find an author of kernel code > or other GPL component who would be willing to let someone take legal > action for them? > > Is libxml2 being used? Because I own a copyright on that, and if they are, > as you claim, using Linux (which I believe), then I bet libxml2 is being > used somewhere. You say there are no sources for any component anywhere, > and if they are using libxml2, it being LGPL, requires them to release the > code if modified, or provide a way to get the original. > ---- > > I'm sure I can find out, may take me a few hours to do a more thorough binary deconstruction. I only went so far as confirming it did run the linux kernel previously. > Cole Johnson > -- E-mail: [email protected] > -- Twitter: @5urd > > Hexware, LLC > -- Twitter: @HexwareLLC > > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 2:24 PM, James Hilliard <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> I assume it wouldn't be all that hard to find an author of kernel code or >> other GPL component who would be willing to let someone take legal action >> for them? >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Tomasz Sterna <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dnia 2013-10-25, pią o godzinie 15:05 +0200, Arnt Karlsen pisze: >>> > > It is pretty hard to enforce this. >>> > >>> > ..bull. The ZTE etc phones you see in malls etc shops, you buy >>> > from "that shop", not from ZTE etc. So go after the shops. >>> >>> AFAIK unless you are an author of at least a line in the Linux kernel, >>> you are not a litigation party, and have no legal ground to "go after" >>> distributors. >>> >>> >>> >> >
