Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 15, 2006 11:31 PM
First off, BIG FOSS supporter with both time and $$, however I think we need to remember that the business models these proprietary companies use cannot shoehorn open-source in very nicely.
There is a technical aspect that can be very easily copied, yet extremely difficult to legally prove and protect. I believe that Via is trying the best they can to "be open" to us. However, they do not want to be the trailblazer responsible for the millions of $$ to litigate GPL breeches unless the are reasonably guaranteed that their technical investment will be protected in the courts.
I have a really good idea that nobody has offered them this protection yet, or they believe that leagally, the language of the GPL is weak. While I wish they would do more, I understand why they are just "dipping their toe in the water" to this point.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 15, 2006 11:31 PMThere is a technical aspect that can be very easily copied, yet extremely difficult to legally prove and protect. I believe that Via is trying the best they can to "be open" to us. However, they do not want to be the trailblazer responsible for the millions of $$ to litigate GPL breeches unless the are reasonably guaranteed that their technical investment will be protected in the courts.
I have a really good idea that nobody has offered them this protection yet, or they believe that leagally, the language of the GPL is weak. While I wish they would do more, I understand why they are just "dipping their toe in the water" to this point.
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