Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262473AbTFHQXn (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 12:23:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262486AbTFHQXn (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 12:23:43 -0400 Received: from x35.xmailserver.org ([208.129.208.51]:48775 "EHLO x35.xmailserver.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262473AbTFHQXn (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Jun 2003 12:23:43 -0400 X-AuthUser: davidel@xmailserver.org Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 09:35:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Davide Libenzi X-X-Sender: davide@bigblue.dev.mcafeelabs.com To: Brad Chapman cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linksys WRT54G and the GPL In-Reply-To: <20030608031338.36184.qmail@web40013.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <20030608031338.36184.qmail@web40013.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 814 Lines: 24 On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Brad Chapman wrote: > Mr. Miklas, > > I find your discourse on this subject very interesting -- it would > seem you have successfully outlined a double standard that, to me, > does appear to violate the GPL (IANAL). > > The question now becomes: Why is Linksys and/or Broadcom doing this? These guys, not only they make money using GNU/Linux inside their products but they do even refuse to support the GNU/Linux community when it comes to drivers. In many cases even a mere binary driver is not available. This is as lame as it gets. - Davide - 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/