From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262623AbTFHQgD (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 12:36:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262710AbTFHQgD (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 12:36:03 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:38593 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262623AbTFHQf7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 12:35:59 -0400 Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 18:49:30 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linksys WRT54G and the GPL Message-ID: <20030608164930.GH16164@fs.tum.de> References: <20030608035314.GA10781@dillweed.codepoet.org> <20030608135212.GB656@gallifrey> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030608135212.GB656@gallifrey> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 02:52:12PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: >... > In the case of busybox I guess they are just using a standard unmodified > one; so in principal all they really missing is an acknowledgment > pointing to its home page. This is wrong. Setion 3 of the GPL clearly states they have to accompany their product either with the complete source code or with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party the complete source code. > In the case of the kernel do we know they've actually made any > modifications at all? Or is it just a standard distribution from > someone else? Perhaps they've contributed changes back? See above, they must offer the complete source code (except for the source for non-GPL'd drivers) with their products. > Dave cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed