How Hardware Makers Come To Violate Free Software Licenses

H4x0r Jim Duggan writes "Veteran violation chasers Shane Coughlan and Armijn Hemel have summarized how license violations are caused in the consumer electronics market under time-to-market pressure and thin profit margins: 'This problem is compounded when one board with a problem appears in devices supplied to a number of western companies. A host of violation reports spanning a dozen European and American businesses may eventually point towards a single mistake during development at an Asian supplier.' They also discuss the helpful organizations which have sprung up and the documents and procedures now available."

Re:Free Software Licenses?

[Hal_Porter]

That reminds me of this classic, hivemind confusing post

http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=6823&cid=886346 [slashdot.org]