Re: Linksys WRT54G and the GPL

[Michael Neuffer <neuffer@neuffer.info>]

Quoting Oliver M. Bolzer (oliver@gol.com):
> [...]
> 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.
> 

Over a month ago I send them a request and this is their response:

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>From daveh@buffalotech.com  Fri Apr 25 20:04:28 2003
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 08:52:53 -0500
Subject: Re: Linux & WLI-CB-G54
From: Dave Howell <daveh@buffalotech.com>
To: Michael Neuffer <neuffer@neuffer.info>

Michael,

Thank you for your interest in Buffalo's wireless products.
At this time, Buffalo does not support Linux for our wireless products.
We are working with our chip mfg on this issue and should have working Linux
drivers in the future but we cannot say when.

Keep posted to our website for the latest information.

Regards,

Dave Howell
Buffalo Technology USA

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