Comment by HorstG
6 years ago
"Proven" is a maybe impossible standard: Kernel devs hint at the GPLonly exports having been useful in certain cases they prefer not to discuss on a ML. https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190110131132.GC20217@kroah.co...
One can interpret this as something legally significant, or an embarrassing private anecdote, or nothing substantial at all, maybe even just talk. However, I'd give them the benefit of the doubt. Not the least since they could be the ones against Oracle's legal dept...
What he is referring to is the use of the GPL export restriction to strong-arm companies into releasing their code as GPL. It's nothing to do with a legal requirement, he is just an open source licensing hardhead. See: https://lwn.net/Articles/603145/