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surajrmalyesterday at 3:27 PM2 repliesview on HN

Linux magically solves this problem how? GPL isn't magic. It doesn't compel contributing upstream. And half of modern driver stacks live in userspace anyways.


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mikelpryesterday at 4:04 PM

> And half of modern driver stacks live in userspace anyways ??? I haven't touched hardware whose driver lives in userspace since 2017 and it was a DMX512 controller of a shitty brand

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Blikkentrekkertoday at 12:02 AM

There are also so many G.P.L. violations and nothing is done about it.

I think a big issue is also that it's hard to show actual damages with this kind of copyright violation. It's obviously copyright violation but what damages are there really? Also, there are so many dubious cases where it's not clear whether it is a violation or not.