Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752261AbaLCMiv (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2014 07:38:51 -0500 Received: from m109-177.yeah.net ([123.58.177.109]:46579 "EHLO m109-177.yeah.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751086AbaLCMit (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2014 07:38:49 -0500 Message-ID: <1417610321.11684.4.camel@mrl.im> Subject: GPL violation: China Telecom uses a modified linux kernel in its product without sources From: Heyang Zhou To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 20:38:41 +0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.6 (3.12.6-1.fc21) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-HM-Spam-Status: e1koWUFPN1dZCBgUCR5ZQUlLVUtLT0JCQkpNS0xNTU1XWQkOFx4IWUFZKC s9JDU0NT4kMjUkMz46Pz4pQU9VQ09PQDYjJCI#KCQyNSQzPjo*PilBS1VIT0lAKy8pJDU0JDI1JD M#Oj8#KUFJVUNOQ0A4NC41LykiJDg1QUtVSU1DQCk#PDI0NSQ6KDI6QUhVT09NQCspNC0yNTg#JD EyOjU8KC5BSlVMTUlAPyI1OjYyOCQyKyQ1NCQyNSQzPjo*PilBS1VMQ0JAPzAyNiQ1NDU#QUtVS0 AyKyQvND86IiQ4NS8kSyRKS0tBS1VMSk1AMiskSiQzNC4pJDg1LyRLJEpLS0FLVUtAMiskSEskNj I1Li8#JDg1LyRLJE5LQUtVS0AyKyRKJDYyNS4vPiQ4NS8kSyRKS0FLVUtAMiskTiQ2MjUuLz4kOD UvJEskSktBS1VLQCguOSQ#QUpVTk5APTUkKC45JD41LDQpPygkMzcxJEpLS0lLSkFLVUlDQD01JD kyL0wkMzcxJEtMSklLSUFIVUpOWQY+ X-HM-Sender-Digest: e1kSHx4VD1lBWUc6PSo6Mhw4Tzo2QyMfMy4*P04RChEaChNVSlVKT0pM TUpLSElNSUpMVTMWGhIXVQETAjsWCRdVEhZFWVdZDB4ZWUEdGhcIHldZCAFZQUpKS0o3V1kSC1lB WUpKT1VJSElVSktPVUpJTlkG X-HM-Tid: 0a4a1028f02c642705f411102ff3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I think China Telecom is violating GPL in one of its products, iTV. The product uses linux as its OS. To run on MIPS architecture, it does a lot of modification to linux kernel. But there is NO source published. I phoned them and they just refused to open the source. The product 'iTV' is distributed and being used by many people. And I'm sure that it uses Linux kernel, for I've checked its UART output. Heyang Zhou -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/