I did some research and found that ECI bought these modems from another manufactorer in the far east (this is an OEM) so matters get a little more complicated.
Who violated the GPL? it is either the original company whose identity I don't know yet or ECI. -- Ori Idan Peter wrote: > > On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Matan Ziv-Av wrote: > >>> I.o.w., if the modules come on disk and are loaded at run time by a >>> script it's ok. You know what ? That's exactly what they are doing. >>> Unbelievable. >> >> >> No. If they are distributed together (as in the case of an embedded >> device), it is surely not "mere aggregation". > > > Well, what the f** is it then ? Did you know that the mips > architecture has separate flash spaces for each item ? The kernel is > flashed in a different chip than the compressed root fs for example. > How do you measure the distance between them to define > 'non-aggregated' ? mm ? inches ? microns if its a stacked flash ? > >> Alan Cox is not OK with this. Harald Welte is not OK with this. Erik >> Andersen is not OK with this. Just to name a few. > > > Ok. > >> See what Linus shouts, loud and clear: >> >> http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0312.0/1014.html > > > This makes it clearer. > >> Andersen is OK with devices that include Busybox and comply with the >> GPL. He is very unhappy with devices that include Busybox and violate >> the GPL: >> >> http://busybox.net/shame.html > > > Reading it up ... > >>> Yes, you can, if and only if it's linux or open source based and the >>> license permits you to do that. You are allowed to charge money for >>> it. You can copy it and sell the copies. This is explicitly >>> specified in the GPL. The idea is >> >> >> Did you actually read the license? It does not say what you think it >> says. > > > I thought that the part about copying is clear. The only people who > decide how much it costs to compile, copy, print and mail an item are > the distributors. How else could you explain the $100 price tag of a > Suse or Red Hat box. But you can always go with cheapbytes. > >> Try following this, it is not very hard. >> >> 1. The ECI router runs Linux. >> >> 2. ECI got a copy of Linux from Montavista. >> >> 3. Montavista gave ECI both binary and source, so they comply with >> the license. >> >> 4. ECI gave Matan a binary copy of Linux. >> >> 5. ECI did not give matan the corresponding source, and did not offer >> to give such source. >> >> 6. Therefore, they did not comply with the license. >> >> 7. Therefore, they copied Linux without having a legal right to do so. > > > Hmm. Ok, I see the point. Maybe the license 'got lost' somewhere on > the way. It would be interesting to know if there is something on the > b-focus cdrom. I will look tomorrow if I have time. > >> Funny, coming from someone who speaks about the GPL, but does not >> know what it says. > > > Ok, I overreacted. Sorry. > > Peter > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
