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Linux kernel community tries to castrate GPL copyright troll

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WTF? How is this bad??

Given tha rampant GPL violations throughout the industry, with many, many embedded devices using GPL software (e.g. BlackVue (dashcam manufacturer) are violating the GPL licence of at least 5 open source projects by refusing to provide any source code), how is this a bad thing?

Anybody releasing products in which they are shipping GPL software without providing the full source code in line with GPL requirements needs to be hit with lawsuits, and hit _hard_.

Patrick should be getting a medal from the open source community for his enforcement action.

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