Would like to form a pool of Linux copyright holders for faster GPL enforcement against Anthrax Kernels
Background on Anthrax Kernels and their GPL violation:
http://pastebin.com/X5Cciy03
Would anyone be interested in forming such a pool? I am willing to wait years for this to be resolved through certain organizations, but I believe we can do better.
Last I checked, I have 1 long-time poster of the gpl-violations list on board. Would anyone else like to join? Ideally I'd like to get the LKML (which I have CC'd among others) involved so that authors of critical Linux components be a part of this. I'm not sure if my defconfig commits to Android kernel branches count as contributions, so I'm not going to consider myself a Linux contributor unless told otherwise.
This pool would be used in the following manner:
* Formally requesting source for binaries (means to request source is actively hidden)
* Formally requesting removal of critical copyrighted code that Linux cannot function without
* Informing interested parties with respect to refusals of the above
The CTO of Anthrax's hosting server is very interested in terminating Chad Goodman's account. Bullet point #3 might come into effect here.
If this is a bad idea, breaks list etiquette, uses incorrect logic, or does not follow the conventions of GPL enforcement, feel free to shoot this idea down with utmost prejudice.
- Eric
Eric Appleman wrote at 04:26 (EDT) on Saturday:
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Would anyone be interested in forming such a pool? I am willing to wait years for this to be resolved through certain organizations, but I believe we can do better.
As some on these lists likely already know, Conservancy's GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers [0] is aware of this matter and is considering what actions to take, and how such actions should be ranked in priority given the queue of the hundreds of known GPL violations on Linux occurring every day.
We very much appreciate that Eric has brought the matter to our attention and I'm continuing to correspond with Eric privately in the hopes that we can resolve the matter.
If anyone wants to join Conservancy's GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers, please do contact me!
[0] More details on Conservancy's GPL Compliance Project for Linux Developers can be found at
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2012/may/29/compliance/
Sincerely,
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Bradley M. Kuhn, Executive Director, Software Freedom Conservancy