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 ?
They say:
------------
If you are unable or unwilling to download our modifications from those
above FTP sites, you may
instead request to receive a CD-R with our modifications. To do so,
please send a written request
to:
AV TECH CORPORATION
10F, E Building, No. 19-11, San Chung Rd.
NanKang, Taipei 115, Taiwan
Attention: Sales Department/GPL/Linux Source Code Request.
We will make the files available to you on electronic interchange or on
a data carrier at your cost
price within 4 weeks.
------------
Which is still technically OK with GPL afaik. They simply have to
provide it, I don't think they have to have it available for download
necessarily, but I could be wrong.
Also, it is common to not get source for code developed to run on top of
the GPL'd system, which is again an issue of some contention with the
license, and is probably not kosher.
Jeremy
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