__/ [ 486box ] on Wednesday 04 October 2006 03:42 \__
> Geico Caveman wrote:
>> Are there any guesstimates about illegal use of GPL'ed / LGPL'ed code by
>> vendors of proprietary software (like using such code in a proprietary
>> application that is released only as a binary) ?
>>
>> This can happen both with and without the vendor's knowledge / approval.
>> Like deadline pressed programmers copying code wholesale, changing the
>> appearance of the GUI sufficiently, etc.
>
> Dunno, least a couple hundred.
> Also, never use the pseudo-word 'guesstimates' again.
An Australian company called Black Duck is set to address this problem by
detecting plagiarism at a low level (essentially being able to tell apart
pieces of code, as well as their accompanying licence). Inability to find
violations of GPLed code is a myth and in fact quite an effective piece of
FUD that's easy to defend on the thin surface.
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