Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, iLinux iye yathandwa kakhulu kwizixhobo ezifakiwe, kwiimeko ezininzi zisebenzisa iLinux ngokungekho mthethweni ukwenza iimveliso ezikhuphisanayo ngokuchasene neelayisensi. Sele siyazi ukuba iLinux ipapashwe phantsi kwelayisensi ye-GNU GPL, ngayo yonke loo nto ithetha ukuba, kulungile, kubonakala ngathi oku ilayisensi ingaphulwa ngumenzi owaziwayo: ISymantec.
Yiloo nto injineli kaGoogle kunye nochwephesha wezokhuseleko weLinux etyhilile. Igama lakhe nguMathewu Garrett kwaye uye wakhomba ngokuthe ngqo kwimveliso I-Norton Core Router njengokugxila Ukophula ilayisenisi ngokusebenzisa iLinux kwaye ungazifezekisi iimfuno ezithile ezichazwa lilayisensi ye-GNU GPL. I-router ethe ngolu hlobo lubambekayo isebenza ngenkqubo eyaziwayo esekwe kwiLinux, i-OpenWRT uninzi lwezi zixhobo zonxibelelwano ezifakiwe zisebenzisa ukusebenza.
USymantec uthathe ithuba lokusebenzisa I-OpenWRT kunye neQCA yoPhuhliso lweSoftware (QSDK), enye iprojekthi yomthombo ovulekileyo. Zombini ziyindlela elungileyo yokwakha imveliso enokhuphiswano njengeNorton Core Router, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha, abavelisi kunye nabaqulunqi bezi ntlobo zeemveliso bayazuza emsebenzini woluntu kwaye abazihloniphi iimeko ezithile. Kule meko, ukuba phantsi kwelayisensi ye-GPLv2, kuya kuthetha ukuba iSymantec kufuneka yabelane ngekhowudi yeNorton Core Router nehlabathi, kodwa ayenzi njalo.
Yenye yeemeko ze ezona layisenisi zithintelayo njenge-GPL xa ithelekiswa nokuvumela ngakumbi njenge-BSD. Yiyo loo nto ezinye ezinje ngeApple zikhethe iinkqubo ezinje ngeFreeBSD kunye nezinye ezinje ngeenkqubo zazo, kuba ngaloo ndlela baqinisekiswa ukuba bazokwazi ukwenza ikhowudi evaliweyo esekwe kubo kwaye kungafuneki babelane ngayo.Siza kubona ukuba uSymantec usabela njani kule nto UGarrett ufumanise, kodwa ke ayisiyonto intsha, sele yenziwe kwaye ngelishwa, ndicinga ukuba abanye abavelisi bazakuqhubeka ukuyenza.