License Violations pending Incident #67

CoKinetic v. Panasonic Avionics

Estimated Financial Impact
$100M+ sought
Blast Radius
GPL in in-flight entertainment systems

What Happened

CoKinetic sued Panasonic Avionics for over $100M, alleging their Linux-based in-flight entertainment system violated GPL v2 by refusing to distribute source code and using license noncompliance as a competitive moat.

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Risk Guard: Caught

LICENSE_RESTRICTION_DERIVATIVE_WORK_COPYLEFT.

Risk Guard Check Codes That Flag This Incident

LICENSE_RESTRICTION_DERIVATIVE_WORK_COPYLEFT

How Every Tool Performed

5 Caught 1 Partial 0 Missed
Tool Verdict Details
OSS Risk Guard Caught LICENSE_RESTRICTION_DERIVATIVE_WORK_COPYLEFT.
Socket Partial Has license scanning but not primary focus
Snyk Caught License compliance scanning
Sonatype (Nexus) Caught License compliance in Lifecycle product
Black Duck Caught Industry-leading license compliance; largest knowledge base
Endor Labs Caught License compliance scanning
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