GPL Case Against Danish Satellite Provider

Rohde writes "The number of satellite and cable boxes on the Danish market using Linux has significantly increased during the last couple of years. The providers Viasat, Yousee and Stofa all provide HD receivers based on Linux, and all of them fail to provide the source code or make customers aware of the fact that the units are based on GPL licensed software. I decided it was time to fix this situation and luckily the Danish legal company BvHD has decided to take the case. We are starting with Viasat, which distributes a Samsung box including middleware and security from NDS, and you can follow the case here."

Re:Byte the hand that Feeds!

[Anonymous Coward]

This is why we need a "-1 WTF" option

Re:Linux detector

[Norsefire]

Hold a Vista installation DVD in front of it and see if it growls.

I for one welcome...

[Timothy Brownawell]

...our soon-to-be BSD-using foreign satellite provider overlords.