Arnt Karlsen <[email protected]> wrote:. >..going after retail chains, means they lose _all_ their business >on all things that run Linux, not just ZTE cell phones, washing >maschines, stoves, etc, once they lose their license to Linux.
I work for large corporations that have already had problems with third-parties passing them Free Software in a product design without any advice on how to comply with the license or indeed the source code necessary to do so. To deal with this problem, they put a boiler-plate legal statement in their standard vendor contract requiring that the vendor promise not to convey any Open Source software to them. I have had to sign that several times! Fortunately for my business, I am only giving those customers advice about how to deal with Open Source. But someone whose business is software engineering using Open Source would be screwed before they start. So, maybe prosecuting the stores won't have the effect you desire, and will just get the ones who have not already banned use of Open Source in products to do so. In working out a strategy to deal with a recalcitrant company, we have to think about these things. We may not choose some weapons because they are likely to backfire. Thanks Bruce -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
