When Worlds Collide: Combining GPL and Proprietary Software

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 13, 2009 4:51 AM EDT
LinuxPlanet; By Bruce Perens
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Bruce Perens reports that Linux is a natural for embedded systems. That's why it's popping up in more cell phones, often without the customer even realizing it's there. But cell phone manufacturers, and the broader sector of embedded systems, must cope with the problem of how to combine the GPL Linux kernel, and software that isn't Open Source. How does one do that legally?

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