On Mar 13, 11:31 pm, Chad Perrin <per...@apotheon.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 06:48:27AM +0900, Rick DeNatale wrote:
> > When this was discovered, pressure on LinkSys to honor their license
> > under the GPL led to the release of the source code which led in turn
> > to community based software, like OpenWRT, for that and other similar
> > wireless routers.
>
> You may have to point out in exacting detail how the GPL was a critical
> factor in ensuring that a specific good result came about, and how that
> result was in fact better than all likely alternative results if it
> wasn't GPLed software in the first place.

The release of the Linksys router source code was a direct reaction to
the discovering of GPL violations. The original URL for the source
code was http://www.linksys.com/support/gpl.asp... that speaks
volumes, doesn't it?