Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263638AbTK2E70 (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 23:59:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263639AbTK2E70 (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 23:59:26 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.86.99.235]:46531 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263638AbTK2E7Z (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Nov 2003 23:59:25 -0500 Subject: RE: possible GPL violation by Sigma Designs From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Iain Barker Cc: Linux Kernel list In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1070081926.656.40.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 15:58:47 +1100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: benh@kernel.crashing.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Pentafluge-Mail-From: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 03:23, Iain Barker wrote: > All, > > I purchased a Liteon LVD2001 DVD player which uses this Sigma EM8500 chipset > and firmware running Linux. I wanted to compile kernel support for other > devices in the PCMCIA slot of this DVD player but source code for their > modified kernel is not provided. Just to make things clear, you should change the title of your emails here to "possible GPL violation by Liteon". AFAIK, Sigma isn't involved in the violation, they almost certainly provided a source code kernel for their chipset to Liteon. Ben. - 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/