What can the commercial OS do based on some Linux distributions? Can I distribute such systems without source code?
"Can I distribute such systems without source code?"
No.
You will lose the right to operate, distribute or modify such software, as you lose the rights given under GPL if / when you violate it.
There are many resources to help you with compliance, their goal is compliance, no prosecution.
Honestly, comply with GPL - it is easy to distribute source code is not the most harmful licensing provision. You can pay per-copy royalties.
This can not prevent you from doing things like TomTom, their GPS mapping & amp; Navigation software runs at the top of Linux due to the kernel exception of Linus Torvalds, they need to distribute the source code to Linux and their changes, not the mapping software that runs on it.
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