Why GPL violations are bad - Gary explains

Показать описание

----------------------------------------------------
Stay connected to Android Authority:

Follow the Team:

Рекомендации по теме

Комментарии

Wow Gary is super passionate I mean he always is but you can tell he is pissed at companies that take advantage. Well done sir!

zanemiracle

Gary taking a shot at Xiaomi. Right on!

saadsyed

I won't even be mad if Gary gave me homework..

piyushmittra

Companies like these don't even deserve our money. That's sad

gardyarmand

Geez you won't like Gary when he gets angry. Gary started spitting fire at the end about gpl violators. Great video as always

cakeboss

"Then there is something wrong with you"

emman

Two additions (I am sure they are somewhere in one of your large back catalog I am yet to watch, but here they are, anyway):
One, users of GPL licensed software are free to _sell_ it, as long as they respect the license. Why would anyone pay for GPL'ed SW? A frequent reason is that they get support bundled with it. Often, free "community editions" of open source software differ from commercial version only in support.

Second, Free Software Foundation recognized that people who _sell_ their software would often like to use _some_ open source components, without making all of their software open source. And thus LPGP (Lesser (or Library) General Public License) was born. It typically covers libraries or other well defined components. Usual GPL rules apply to that component by itself - if you modify it for your use, you must release modifications under the same license. However, you are free to _link_ it with your other, closed source code to make closed source executables.

Similarly, you are generally free to keep your source code closed even it you user open source tools (e.g. compilers) to make it.

bazoo

This is a great and passionate explanation of why the GPL is so important. Good work!

tough_stuff

Gary is the best thing to come out of Android authority

cheetosortiz

The problem today is that all these giant tech companies are all US based. In my region in Asia, among lots of companies, there's no emphasis on western based licenses and regulations. You have a software coming in from the West, great. Now it's in Asia, so it stays in Asia. West is West, Asia is Asia. Their regulations VS our regulations. Business mentality here is such - the west is the big superpower, but here, we're the inferior region, what we do doesn't make any difference, so we just mind our own business, we're not within their scope of interest. Etc.

It's just how cut off the market is over on this side of the globe. Not every country has courts that enforce US laws and regulations since we are not US. Many companies don't see a global market over here, instead, we only focus on regional - where there's hardly any reach or interest from western countries/industries. Every country has their own rules, and these rules are heavily seeded into different cultures, and they don't see the need to oblige with regulations that they don't feel a part of.

AndrewHahaLee

These informative videos are the best thing on this channel, and this video in particular is probably the most important. More people need to pay attention to free and open source development.

ThisNameIsVeryClever

Video by Gary Sims, Clicks instantly
I would like to ask something sir, If you could make a series on YouTube where you explain how CPUs works in details, GPUs, Wireless devices, Monitors, Cameras, How can computers use logic gates to do this wonderful job and things like that to teach people about everything so it's no longer "Magic", It'll be really really helpful for new people and even me, I know alot of things but not enough
Thank you for your amazing work, And hopefully you'll read this :)

StarkTMA

I agree with Mr Gary Sims. These companies ought to have at least a little bit of social conscience and abide by the contract which they have agreed. It is incumbent upon them to acknowledge the people whose shoulders they are standing upon, as Mr Sims so rightly puts it!!!
Most excellent video, Sir!!!

michaelneild

There are also thousands of examples people violate closed source and patents. In the end the company with the biggest wallet wins

p_mouse

GPL is better at saving you money than at making you money. This is what most big companies understand and what the majority of normal people don't. Sometimes this is worth it way more than actually selling and profiting off of a product. GPL projects are community driven and not strictly company driven. Of course usually the biggest players in these communities that develop the GPL project are actual, real, massive, extremely wealthy companies that found out they can save/make money through this particular GPL product. In return they submit changes/contribute to this project making it even bigger, stronger and better. This is why currently open source projects are advancing faster and gaining more ground than proprietary projects. Of course there are certain types of programs that are not really worth making open source but they are specific cases. For the biggest and most widely used projects open source proved to be a more efficient, faster, stable and secure way to develop.

sudombd