Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 19th Jan 2006 14:11 UTC, submitted by Jack
"Companies using Linux for embedded applications may be unwittingly violating the Linux license and even breaking federal securities laws, according to a research published by Wasabi Systems. According to the study, the problem lies with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that companies disclose ownership of intellectual property to their shareholders. The study indicates that dozens of companies are discovered each year to have violated the terms of GPL, and if they are public companies, they are violating Sarbanes-Oxley."
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2006-01-02
Quoting from:
http://www.wasabisystems.com/gpl/soxgpl.html
"The simplest answer is not to cheat. However, there are two problems with this simple response. First, most companies do cheat, because compliance is expensive; [...]"
Nice slap in the face of their potential customers.
cheers,
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