This wouldn't surprise me. Via did the same with the Waste sources, built their own version for the PadlockSL utility without mention of the fact it was GPL Waste source based. They withdrew the code from their webpage when it was put to them that it was a GPL infringement. They dont seem to understand the concept of the GPL very well.


Adam Sulmicki wrote:
I'm trying to boot from the CF reader on the VIA Epia platform. After
reading forums and mailinglist this could be possible by the FastBoot
Utility.

http://downloads.viaarena.com/WinCE/Apr04/fastboot%20v2.01.zip

But I was a bit surpriced what I found in there...
grep linux `find` and look at the 'loader*.obj'-files.


Can somebody confirm this is _not_ distributed GPL code as a binary?


fyi, you can get to this page from :

        http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=343

you can do:
        wget http://downloads.viaarena.com/WinCE/Apr04/fastboot%20v2.01.zip
        unzip fastboot%20v2.01.zip
        strings */*/loader?.obj | grep -i linux

it gives you stuff like :

_linuxbios_versionR
_linuxbios_extra_versionX
_linuxbios_build`
_linuxbios_compile_timef
_linuxbios_compile_byp
_linuxbios_compile_hostv
_linuxbios_compile_domainz
_linuxbios_compiler~
_linuxbios_linker
_linuxbios_assembler


etc, etc.

also that http page mentioned above has contact info. perhaps something to
inquire at.



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