Re: [tlug] GPL and Linux in Dvico Tivx

[Tobias Diedrich <ranma@example.com>]

Josh Glover wrote:

> By all means, if there *are* GPL issues, they should be resolved, but
> I see nothing suspicious about this, and the tone of your email might
> have convinced people who did not read it carefully that there exist
> GPL issues.

Even if they use an unmodified kernel and userspace, they still need
to provide the sources on their Homepage.  That's why linksys
provides a 176MB source package for their WRT54G-Family of
WLAN-APs:
ftp://ftp.linksys.com/opensourcecode/wrt54g/4.20.6/WRT54G_v4.20.6.tgz

Linksys also was in violation at first:
http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS7719522768.html
http://lwn.net/Articles/51570/

Here's the page with links to sourcecode for their various
offerings:
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=US%2FLayout&packedargs=c%3DL_Content_C1%26cid%3D1115416836002&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper

In case the link changes, just search for 'GPL' on their homepage.

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