From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263949AbTFHVhV (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 17:37:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263952AbTFHVhV (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 17:37:21 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:9486 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263949AbTFHVhU (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 17:37:20 -0400 Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 22:50:55 +0100 From: Russell King To: Davide Libenzi Cc: greendisease , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linksys WRT54G and the GPL Message-ID: <20030608225055.E9520@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Davide Libenzi , greendisease , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <8FD91C2E-99F1-11D7-A998-000A95689082@gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from davidel@xmailserver.org on Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 02:08:39PM -0700 X-Message-Flag: Your copy of Microsoft Outlook is vulnerable to viruses. See www.mutt.org for more details. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 02:08:39PM -0700, Davide Libenzi wrote: > IANAL, but in many coutries the fact that you didn't know is not an > excuse. When you integrate alien parts in your products you become > responsible and you have to be sure about all aspects that arise. What if, when you obtained said parts, it came with a license which appeared to be genuine, but in fact was illegally changed in a country which has not signed up to the copyright treaty? (I believe this may be part of the story here.) I believe that you'd need a good copyright lawyer, and it may depend upon local law. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html