Re: [Emc-developers] Spotted on Ali-Express (Via the forum)

[Jeff E. <je...@un...>]

On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 11:28:00AM -0500, Dave Cole wrote:
> GPL...  ?   As long as they state that they are not selling LinuxCNC, 
> how could get they get trouble with that?

Selling a PC with LinuxCNC preinstalled is "commercial distribution", so
absolutely they have to take several positive actions to be in
compliance with the GPL.  See the GPL version 2 section 3.

Yes, I know that as a matter of practicality nobody is going to 'get
these guys' for copyright infringement, whether of LinuxCNC or Mach or
any other software.

Jeff