Re: [tlug] GPL and Linux in Dvico Tivx

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Josh wrote: 

> On 15/12/05, Jim <jep200404@example.com> wrote:
> > Since the obvious proprietary code is by a third party,
> > Sigma Designs Inc., unless Sigma incorporated GPL code
> > in their proprietary code, it is unlikely that the
> > source code for the proprietary code can be forced
> > to be divulged. If Dvico linked Sigma's proprietary
> > code with GPL code, only Dvico would be in an awkward
> > position.
> 
> This seems to me to be the only vector for satisfaction. 

for me too. 

> However, it would be hard to prove.

There are automated tools for looking for matches in _binary_ code. 
Search groklaw for such use in famous trials. 

> You should have been a detective of some sort ...

What do you call debugging? 
Better would be to _avoid_ bugs in the first place.