Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 17:23:15 -0400
Subject: Re: Linksys WRT54G and the GPL
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To: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
From: Jack Aboutboul <jaboutboul@gentoo.org>
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On Sunday, Jun 8, 2003, at 17:08 America/New_York, Davide Libenzi wrote:

> IANAL, but in many coutries the fact that you didn't know is not an
> excuse. When you integrate alien parts in your products you become
> responsible and you have to be sure about all aspects that arise.
>
	This is 100% true. I wasn't trying to justify their actions at all, 
just trying to develop some insight into the situation. If they did in 
fact, violate the GPL, they should be forced to pay a penalty and 
disclose their source.

>
> What's so neat in grabbing a bunch GPL protected software and stoking 
> it
> inside a ROM, clearly breaking the license ? Maybe they got only half 
> part
> of the communism thingy, "What is your is also mine and what is mine is
> just mine."

	Thats pretty funny :-). What I meant was that they must be developing 
drivers for these chipsets and we could really use them integrated into 
the kernel. We need all the talent we can get!


Thanks,
Jack

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