diff --git a/enforcement-case-studies.tex b/enforcement-case-studies.tex index f2cf652..e5d69f6 100644 --- a/enforcement-case-studies.tex +++ b/enforcement-case-studies.tex @@ -293,6 +293,21 @@ embedded electronics product. The product in question is investigates a potential GPL violation. In this case, obviously, no violation was uncovered.} +\section{Consumer Purchase and Unboxing} + +The process for copyleft compliance investigation, when properly conducted, +determines whether users inclined to exercise their rights under a copyleft +license will be successful in their attempt. Therefore, at every stage, the +investigator seeks to take actions that reasonably technically knowledgeable +users would during the ordinary course of their acquisition and use of +products. As such, the investigator typically purchases the device on the +open market to verify that distribution of the copylefted software therein +complies with binary distribution requirements(such as those +\tutorialpartsplit{discussed in \textit{Detailed Analysis of the GNU GPL and + Related Licenses}}{discussed herein \S~\ref{GPLv2s3} and + \S~\ref{GPLv3s6}}. + + \section{Root Filesystem and Kernel Compilation} * We found a CD included in the box that the ThinkPenguin TPE-NWIFIROUTER