The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has filed suit against Samsung, Best Buy, Westinghouse, and others for GPL violations with regard to BusyBox. "The SFLC confirmed BusyBox violations in nearly 20 separate productscited in the complaint and gave each defendant ample time to comply withthe requirements of the license. 'We try very hard to resolve thesetypes of issues privately with companies, as we always prefercooperation' said SFLC counsel Aaron Williamson. 'We brought this suitas a last resort after each of these defendants ignored us or failed tomeaningfully respond to our requests that they release the source code'." Click below for the full announcement.

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