From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264087AbTFIAF5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 20:05:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264094AbTFIAF5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 20:05:57 -0400 Received: from svr7.m-online.net ([62.245.150.229]:644 "EHLO svr7.m-online.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264087AbTFIAF4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 20:05:56 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 02:19:29 +0200 From: "Oliver M. Bolzer" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linksys WRT54G and the GPL Message-ID: <20030609001929.GA5259@magi.fakeroot.net> References: <000501c32e00$85d4f670$8200a8c0@coolermaster> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000501c32e00$85d4f670$8200a8c0@coolermaster> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 09:57:04PM +0100, Peter Westwood wrote... > Looking through the latest firmware update available : > http://www.buffalo-technology.com/support/firmware.htm > No mention here or anywhere on there site of the GPL or the source code to > what they are distributing! I have another product from Melco/Buffalo and found out, that it had Linux and other GPLed (and BSD with adv. clause and Apache with end-user doc clasue and and and) materials on it, without the manual or their web page mentioning it. Their telephone support in Japan (where the stuff comes from) didn't give sh*t about it and repeatedly told me about their policy of not telling anything about the inner workings of products and even refused to either elevate me to talk to somebody else or give me an contacting point to either their legal or PR departments. I directly called the PR guy responsible for that line of products at their headquater (good to be on their list of press) and explained the situation to him. He promised to clear it up with legal and the developers. After about a week (and me ranting about an anonymous company in my blog) he got back with a very detailed and polite answer about the situation. They DID know about the issues involved and their obligations. Just that their other hand (like support and web page creation) isn't up to the "new" style and that they were fixing it. I also found out, that the "quick setup" leaflet in the product actually contained a small note that the product included GPLed software. It has been 3 month since. If they havn't gotten their act together still, they need to be reminded of it. -- Oliver M. Bolzer oliver@gol.com GPG (PGP) Fingerprint = 621B 52F6 2AC1 36DB 8761 018F 8786 87AD EF50 D1FF