From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263847AbTFHVJk (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 17:09:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263852AbTFHVJj (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 17:09:39 -0400 Received: from mail9.speakeasy.net ([216.254.0.209]:20163 "EHLO mail.speakeasy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263847AbTFHVJi (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 17:09:38 -0400 Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 17:23:15 -0400 Subject: Re: Linksys WRT54G and the GPL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List To: Davide Libenzi From: Jack Aboutboul In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <6ABE7686-99F7-11D7-82AE-000A95689082@gentoo.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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