Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

[Alan Cox]

> B) There are actually manufacturers who would be happy with your straw man.  
> Lots of companies in the far east produce products that infringe on patents 
> from 30 different competitors, and rather than try to license everything 
> (which isn't even always possible) they spin off a shell company (or nested 
> series thereof), design and manufacture a product, sell a production run of 
> them into the distribution channel, and then dissolve the shell company 
> before the inventory hits retailers.  But the time anybody is in a position 

This isn't just done for IPR, in fact in many fields IPR is a non-issue.
The primary reason for this practice is to render US health and safety
regulation irrelevant and to prevent class action suits if/when your
device kills someone.

Alan

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