Re: freebox possible GPL violation

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 07:45 -0400, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> 
> >
> >> Your task will be to prove that the kernel they upload to your box is a
> >> modified Linux kernel (by "modified Linux kernel", I mean no modules but
> >> the kernel itself).
> >>
> >> So, the first step would be to catch/sniff this binary image, then
> >> analyze it.
> >>
> >> But, as long as you cannot prove that Free has done internal
> >> modifications to the Linux kernel which are not released in any way,
> >> your case is quite thin.
> >
> > why?
> >
> > The GPL holds modified or not...
> >
> > (and that includes drivers if they are distributed together with the gpl
> > kernel as part of a bigger work)
> 
> The unmodified kernel and the unmodified drivers are available
> from ftp.kernel.org and other sources, the vendor doesn't have
> to supply them, only tell you where you can get them if you want them.

only for non-commercial distribution!
which here isn't the case obviously


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