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		icebraining on March 3, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BMW Australia Refusing to Comply with Terms of GNU... If you are talking in practice - can someone sue BMW and force them to release the modified versions - I think you're right, but one can still get an injunction preventing them from distributing any more copies of the work. Which means no more cars with that firmware; not a happy prospect for BMW!

tremon on March 4, 2016 [–]

Only the original copyright holders can sue for violation of their copyright though -- an end user (BMW customer) has no recourse fafaik.

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