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jimrandomhyesterday at 9:20 PM2 repliesview on HN

If the only GPLed component used is the Linux kernel, you probably aren't entitled to any noteworthy source code. It's well established that using the kernel doesn't create a GPL requirement userspace software running on the same device, and the most likely arrangement here is a completely-uncustomized kernel paired with an open-source userspace program that does all the interesting bits.


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kkjjjjwyesterday at 9:26 PM

Then it should be trivial for them to provide the source code.

dilyevskyyesterday at 10:43 PM

It also doesn’t apply to driver modules if you use gpl shim (eg nvidia drivers and many others) so i dont get why author thinks they violate anything