[Arm-netbook] Amlogic AML8726-MX SoC kernel source code released

[Dominique Dumont]

Le Saturday 18 August 2012 17:54:26, Alexey Eromenko a écrit :
> 3. it's engineer(s) violate company policy and re-releasing the code
> as GPL. (returning freedom to the code, which is free by law of
> license)
> 
> Nothing wrong with that, as it is like stealing from the thief, which is
> legal.

In your example above, the engineer is not the copyright holder and has no 
right to decide of a license and to re-distribute the code. 

From a legal point of view, 2 wrongs do not make a right.

HTH

Dominique
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