Hi Adrian, On 29/05/14 06:35, Adrian Custer wrote: > Mozilla has given me a Tablet as part of the Firefox OS Tablet > Contribution Program. Unfortunately, in the process, Mozilla has > violated the terms of the General Public License, version 2, (GPL) used > by the Linux kernel and several core libraries integrated into the > version of Firefox OS running on the device. Mozilla has failed to > fulfill either of the three conditions required by section 3 of the GPL: > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html#section3 > which requires that those distributing binaries of GPL must 'accompany' > the binary by either: > * the source code of the binary, or > * a written offer to obtain the source code, or > * 'information' provided by a previous distributor of the binary.
If you start your tablet, open the Settings app, choose "Device Information", then "Legal Information", then "Obtaining Source Code", you will find the written offer you are seeking. The "More Information" section under "Device Information" includes various build identifiers which you should be able to use to determine the exact source code corresponding to the build on your tablet. The other section in "Legal Information", titled "Open Source Notices", includes a copy of the GPL (which is another GPL requirement). > For > example, the 'Alcatel' branded device running Firefox OS which I > purchased included, in the box, a piece of paper pointing to a > Sourceforge dump of the supposed source code for Firefox OS used on the > device. Thus, the manufacturer and the telephony provider perhaps > complied with the letter of the GPL. (However, that Sourceforge > repository is missing some key files or instructions for duplicating the > build of the software, so the distributors have failed to comply with > the intent of the requirements: making it easy for the recipients of > their devices to hack on the source.) This may or may not be a violation, depending on what's missing, as not all of Firefox OS is under the GPL. However, if you file a Bugzilla bug in the Legal product: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/form.legal making sure I am CCed, we can look into it for you. > P.S. This message has been sent to: > [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > in hopes the message might make its way back to someone feeling > responsible. [email protected] would have been the correct place to send this email. Generally, GPL enforcers such as Bradley Kuhn recommend not (and certainly not in the first instance) accusing people of GPL violations in public, as it makes resolutions harder to reach. Something to bear in mind for next time. Gerv _______________________________________________ legal mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/legal
