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Achieving GPL Compliance
In this chapter, we will see how we can ensure open source license compliance and use Poky to provide the artifacts needed, such as the source code, licensing text, and the list of derivative work. This is critical for most products introduced into the market nowadays, as open source code needs to live alongside proprietary code.
Understanding copyleft
Copyleft is a legal way to use copyright law to maximize rights and express freedom. However, it impacts our products. We must meet all obligations of open source and free software licenses.
When building a Linux distribution, at least two projects are used: the Linux kernel and a compiler. The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is still the most commonly used compiler. ...
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