You should addres a letter to the company. Normally, they should provide the source within the original packaging and I would consider it a breach of the GPL if, for example, the FTP site doesn't provide the code...
A. On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 01:56:07PM -0500, Andre Courchesne wrote: > I just bought a dedicated security cam DVR box and here is a paragraph from > the manual: > > This product contains codes which are developed by Third-Party-Companies and > which are subject to the GNU General Public License (“GPL”) or the GNU Lesser > Public License (“LGPL”). > The GPL Code used in this product is released without warranty and is subject > to the copyright of the corresponding author. > Further source codes which are subject to the GPL-licenses are available upon > request. > We are pleased to provide our modifications to the Linux Kernel, as well as a > few new commands, and some tools to get you into the code. The codes are > provided on the FTP site, and please download them from the following site or > you can refer to your distributor: > ftp://ftp.dvrtw.com.tw/GPL/AV074/ > > Nice, however that domain does not exists... Searches for parts os that url > releals a bunch or source so it's from one of those "marketing" houses in > Taiwan. > > Anyone as suggestions on how I could get my hands on the GPL source ? > > --- > > Andre Courchesne - Consultant > > http://www.net-forces.com > > MSN: [email protected] > > Skype: VoipForces > > > > L'information contenue dans le présent document est la propriété de Andre > Courchesne. Et est divulguée en toute confidentialité. Cette information ne > doit pas être utilisée, divulguée à d'autres personnes ou reproduite sans le > consentement écrit explicite de Andre Courchesne. > > The information contained in this document is confidential and property of > Andre Courchesne. It shall not be used, disclosed to others or reproduced > without the express written consent of Andre Courchesne. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > -- The problem is not a lack of highly educated workers, the problem is a lack of highly educated workers willing to work for the minimum wage or lower in the U.S. Costs are driving outsourcing, not the quality of American schools. - Scott Kirwin, IT Professionals Association
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