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Getting GPLv2 Compliance From A Chinese Company- In Person!

Naomi Wu

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Naomi Wu visits the offices of smartphone manufacturer UMIDIGI to demand compliance with the GPLv2 license for their kernel source code.

UMIDIGI, a Shenzhen smartphone company was a little reluctant to honor their free software license obligations- so I pay a surprise visit to their offices to pry the code out of them! Many thanks to UMIDIGI for coming through with the code: Temporary download location: community.umidigi.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=20572 (Post there if you need something else and I'll try to make it happen, they are cooperating) Online Store: store.umidigi.com/ Facebook: facebook.com/Umidigi/ Twitter: twitter.com/Umidigi OSChina.net (Chinese): oschina.net/news/156938/umidigi-violate-the-gplv2-license ETtoday (Chinese): ettoday.net/news/20210822/2061968.htm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft source.android.com/devices/architecture/kernel/generic-kerne… Small tips are always appreciated🙏 or if you sponsor me monthly, you get to see my videos a week before anyone else and support my work (but only if you can without hardship because I'm probably going to spend it on beer and women😜): ►SubscribeStar: subscribestar.com/naomi-wu ►YouTube: youtube.com/c/SexyCyborg/join ►Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/naomiwu More from me: ►Instagram: instagram.com/ReallySexyCyborg/ ►Facebook: facebook.com/reallysexycyborg ►Twitter: twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg ►YouTube: youtube.com/c/SexyCyborg/ ►Odysee: odysee.com/@Naomi-SexyCyborg-Wu:b ►My FAQ: pastebin.com/V3474kYs ►Merch: teespring.com/stores/naomi-wus-store

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What people say. Recommended as a rare and successful real-world example of enforcing GPL compliance with a hardware manufacturer in China.

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A Chinese YouTuber has traveled to a company who wouldn’t take the GPL seriously 0. I wish more people had the nerve to do that instead of letting it slide. 0: link to this video
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I saw the original video on the Twitters, but didn't check out the followup until now. I'm thrilled that her visit worked and that the files were posted! link to this video
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…nese culture, customs & values and thus prefer to turn to people with more knowledge & experience, such as a local: Based on this video by Naomi Wu (a.k.a RealSexyCyborg), it's certainly been possible to convince at least one Chinese company to fulfil its obligations under the GPL: * "Getting GPLv2 Compliance From A Chinese Company- In Person!": < link to this video > Content Advisory: If you are an employee of YouTube.com the above video may be considered NSFW. (If your own cultural context means you feel compelled to comment on how Naomi chooses to present herself to the world, feel free to watch this explanatory video she has generously provided for your benefit: "Why Do I Look Like...This? The Sexy…
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It might be that in China there's not a strong opensource culture. Here's a video from Naomi Wu dragging umidigy into compliance where she talks about the issue. link to this video
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…'free-ish' intellectual property, because of how hard capitalists come down on people like Aaron Swartz, Kim Dotcom, and scores of teenagers using Napster or Bittorrent when I was young. So I plunge a bit deeper into them than is rational. I strongly identify with superficially irrational efforts like Naomi Wu's2. 0: link / link 1: link 2: link to this video…
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You could start by googling "gpl violation" or "java license violation". Also there is a Youtube video about one case of GPL enforcement which may or not be NSWF lol.
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