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> Does it means all the network routers running custom linux have to provide sources of entire modification?

Yes.

> I assume if we want companies to make use of linux on a wide level, there should be the ways to overcome this problem(if exists)

What problem? Making the source code of the programs you distribute to your clients available is not a problem - it's an obligation you agreed with when you used the GPL'ed program as a basis for your own.

You could do like Sony, who used *BSD on the PS4.



Good point, thank you.




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