SuperDindon a �crit : [cut] >>>for now i prefer waiting that Alcatel remind me that it isn't legal [cut] > no, my package isn't only an "official package including firmwares", it > brings up many other features. > also only the precompiled package for i386 which is hosted on my > personal page doesn't respect Alcatel license, the source package is > completely GPLed
I think you are not used to method used by legal people :-). Considering the Alcatel case, I receive an immediate message from them just after uploading the firmware to my web site. They were asking to remove the firmware which i did. Now, not all companies behave nice. I recently received an email from Sun's lawyer asking me to correct my web site to comply with their Java trademark policies. Again, it was quite a polite request. But now, consider that since your package is online, it will be cached by google or http://www.archive.org/web/web.php or some other site. It now means that your package is no longer in your control and that you cannot remove it anymore! Now, some companies are enforcing their intellectual property right just to get some money... So, like baud123 said, i think it is the right time to join our effort to make a polite request to Thomson (holder of the IP rights) to change their license. At least, it should be made redistributable so your package can be legal. The best would be some DFSG-compliant license to have the driver in main distributions (including GNU/Debian). But that would mean that Thomson has to release the source code as well which is a decision beyong a simple license change. So far, I'm not a lawyer myself, but at least I can ask and try to get in touch with Thomson to discuss that issue. Ideas on the process? Benoit PAPILLAULT Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
