Android violates Linux license, experts claim
Android violates Linux license, experts claim
Mar 18, 2011, 04 :02 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (3547 reads)
(Other stories by Jon Brodkin)
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"Google's Android mobile operating system's usage of the Linux kernel may violate open source licensing with a misappropriation of Linux code that could bring about the 'collapse of the Android ecosystem,' some intellectual property experts are charging.
"Google is already under fire from Oracle, which has gone to court claiming that Android violates Java patents and copyrights.
"The Linux issue is a separate one and no lawsuits have apparently been filed. But a few intellectual property watchers have written analyses that call into question Android's use of Linux code licensed under GPL version 2."
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Avast sees single software license used illegally 774,651 times
Avast sees single software license used illegally 774,651 times
Dec 7, 2010, 01 :34 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (551 reads)
(Other stories by Matthew Humphries)
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"Protecting your computer from malicious activity for free is easier than it has ever been. But you can guarantee if a license for a paid-for security suite appears online, some users are going to download it."In the case of Avast!, a single software license originally only meant to cover a 14-PC business operation, made its way on to the Internet and started spreading. Rather than killing the license code, the team at Avast decided to watch what happened and how many users would break the law by using it. The results are astonishing.
"Over the course of 18 months that single Avast! Pro license was shared and used on 744,651 different machines. At the current cost of $34.95 per pro license, that?s total lost revenue in the region of $27,074,052.45."
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