Just to balance the bias here, that kind of problem occurs with *all* types of licences. The only difference is that with open source, it is harder to hide - with closed source development, you can cheat more easily.
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May, may not. One side does not fit all. The solution, if it does, is to not modify the code, or not use it.
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I agree that this has nothing to do with open source. In the embedded world nobody outside the development group ever sees the software as software but as a board or a component or a product. If you want to cheat, use open source outside its license terms or reuse code written for a previous employer, you can probably hide the fact easily. Both are bad. If you don't like the terms, don't use it.
Peter
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