Linux at 25

Ian S. King isking at uw.edu
Wed Sep 14 20:40:16 CDT 2016


On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 4:18 PM, jim stephens <jwsmail at jwsss.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 9/14/2016 4:14 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
>
>> I was a bit surprised to
>>> find that my home thermostat was running BusyBox.
>>>
>> s/surprised/alarmed/
>>
>> Remember, it's going to be the Internet of Pwned Things before too long.
>>
>> Busybox is the first big lawsuit over GPL as well, wonder if these folks
> complied with the various restrictions.
>
> thanks
> jim
>
> And technology is always better when the lawyers get involved, right?


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