On Tue, Jun 04, 2024 at 06:47:18PM -0400, [email protected] wrote: > HiI am copying this message to you and GL team.Regarding license > violation:U-boot’s license requires Gl.iNet to provide the source-code for > U-boot (including any modifications they made) to anybody that asks for it. > So…GL team refused to send source code nor .bin file. I wanted to inspect it > for possible backdoors but still they are refusing.“ If you choose to provide > source through a written offer, then anybody who requests the source from you > is entitled to receive it.If you commercially distribute binaries not > accompanied with source code, the GPL says you must provide a written offer > to distribute the source code later. When users non-commercially redistribute > the binaries they received from you, they must pass along a copy of this > written offer. This means that people who did not get the binaries directly > from you can still receive copies of the source code, along with the written > offer.The reason we require the offer to be valid for any third party is so > that people who receive the binaries indirectly in that way can order the > source code from > you.”https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.en.htmlhttps://github.com/u-boot/u-bootSo > I am sending this message to you to check this situation. They probably will > not send it to you.Also please use web mail (not business domain) as they can > sent it to you through it to hide the fact of licensing violation. For > example send request from Gmail. Please take measures.
It is certainly very disappointing to hear GL.iNET is not following the clear license terms of software they are using. -- Tom
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