From: Jack Aboutboul <jaboutboul@gentoo.org>
To: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linksys WRT54G and the GPL
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 17:23:15 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6ABE7686-99F7-11D7-82AE-000A95689082@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.55.0306081402140.3604@bigblue.dev.mcafeelabs.com>
On Sunday, Jun 8, 2003, at 17:08 America/New_York, 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.
>
This is 100% true. I wasn't trying to justify their actions at all,
just trying to develop some insight into the situation. If they did in
fact, violate the GPL, they should be forced to pay a penalty and
disclose their source.
>
> What's so neat in grabbing a bunch GPL protected software and stoking
> it
> inside a ROM, clearly breaking the license ? Maybe they got only half
> part
> of the communism thingy, "What is your is also mine and what is mine is
> just mine."
Thats pretty funny :-). What I meant was that they must be developing
drivers for these chipsets and we could really use them integrated into
the kernel. We need all the talent we can get!
Thanks,
Jack
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-08 21:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-08 20:41 Linksys WRT54G and the GPL greendisease
2003-06-08 21:08 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-06-08 21:23 ` Jack Aboutboul [this message]
2003-06-08 21:50 ` Russell King
2003-06-08 22:48 ` Davide Libenzi
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2003-07-18 23:48 root
2003-06-10 4:11 Russ Dill
2003-06-09 13:13 Downing, Thomas
2003-06-09 16:49 ` Martin List-Petersen
2003-06-09 3:47 Russ Dill
2003-06-09 8:04 ` Russell King
2003-06-09 0:05 Erik Andersen
2003-06-09 3:39 ` John Shifflett
2003-06-09 18:26 ` Alan Cox
2003-06-08 23:35 Erik Andersen
2003-06-09 0:09 ` Paul Jakma
2003-06-09 1:11 ` Erik Andersen
2003-06-08 23:25 Hakan Lennestal
2003-06-08 23:55 ` Martin List-Petersen
2003-06-09 8:47 ` Hakan Lennestal
2003-06-08 20:57 Peter Westwood
2003-06-08 21:52 ` Russell King
2003-06-08 23:18 ` bill-linuxkernel20030609
2003-06-09 0:19 ` Oliver M. Bolzer
2003-06-09 0:31 ` Jeff
2003-06-10 20:43 ` Michael Neuffer
2003-06-08 3:53 Erik Andersen
2003-06-08 10:08 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2003-06-08 12:01 ` Christian Ullrich
2003-06-08 13:52 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2003-06-08 14:05 ` Marcus Metzler
2003-06-08 16:49 ` Adrian Bunk
2003-06-08 17:00 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2003-06-08 3:13 Brad Chapman
2003-06-08 16:35 ` Davide Libenzi
2003-06-08 2:41 Andrew Miklas
2003-06-08 11:54 ` Dave Jones
2003-06-08 14:23 ` Alan Cox
2003-06-08 18:13 ` uaca
2003-06-08 19:44 ` Colm MacCárthaigh
2003-06-08 20:14 ` Jörn Engel
2003-06-08 21:47 ` Russell King
2003-06-09 22:37 ` Daniel Phillips
2003-06-10 22:47 ` Andrew Miklas
2003-06-11 12:42 ` Alan Cox
2003-06-11 14:28 ` Kent Borg
2003-06-09 5:22 ` Frank Cusack
[not found] ` <20030609053010$504e@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-06-09 8:28 ` Florian Weimer
2003-06-09 14:09 ` Horst von Brand
2003-06-09 18:23 ` Alan Cox
2003-06-09 21:33 ` Adrian Bunk
2003-06-09 21:50 ` David Schwartz
2003-06-09 22:21 ` Adrian Bunk
2003-06-10 20:17 ` Randolph Bentson
2003-06-11 15:38 ` Adrian Bunk
2003-06-11 17:39 ` Randolph Bentson
2003-06-11 19:22 ` Adrian Bunk
2003-06-11 20:12 ` David Schwartz
2003-06-09 5:32 ` David Schwartz
2003-06-09 5:47 ` Frank Cusack
2003-06-09 16:53 ` David Schwartz
2003-06-09 18:25 ` Alan Cox
2003-06-09 21:37 ` Adrian Bunk
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