On Sun, Feb 05, 2017 at 11:54:35AM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I am the OP, I want to thank everyone for their comments. > > I think I've decided to buy an inexpensive router instead of a switch, and, > in > fact, I think I'll go with a Ubiquiti ER-X 256MB Storage 5 Gigabit RJ45 > ports. > My reasoning includes considering these points: > > * There is at least a question about a GPL issue / violation. IIUC, this > has to do with a program named uboot, for which, at least at one time, > Ubiquiti may not have provided the modified source code. The references that > I > could find online dated from 2012 through about 2015 (668 days from yesterday > ;-), and it seems that Ubiquiti, at least, seems to think they are now in > compliance. (see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9331512)
uboot is similar to grub or lilo. If you read carefully, you'll discover that LibertyBSD's complaints have not been addressed: Ubiquiti will ship you some source code, but not what's needed to build a booting system of your own. > * The device amounts to a small Linux (in fact, Debian) based box, with, It's based on Debian 6, and modified in ways which prevent you from upgrading further - at least the kernel and boot system. -dsr-