Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268131AbUJDM5p (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Oct 2004 08:57:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268130AbUJDM5p (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Oct 2004 08:57:45 -0400 Received: from e32.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.130]:53911 "EHLO e32.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268131AbUJDM5n (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Oct 2004 08:57:43 -0400 Subject: Re: GPL Violation of Linux in Telsey Video Station Product From: Josh Boyer To: Denis Vlasenko Cc: Alessandro Sappia , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200410041344.45700.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> References: <41613F2F.2000706@ngi.it> <200410041344.45700.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1096894500.22034.15.camel@weaponx.rchland.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 07:55:00 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1485 Lines: 35 On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 08:44, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > On Monday 04 October 2004 12:16, Alessandro Sappia wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Good Morning, > > I'm a Customer of a broadband ISP in Italy; They sell ont only the > > connection, but they add VoIP Phone and TVoIP. (Both TV on Demand and TV > > Broadcasting). > > I bought a Video Station branded by my carrier and surprisingly I found > > that the operating system the use is a modified version of linux. > > It was possible for me to see it because the Videostation Itself is just > > a PC with an Ethernet Card on it and it does boot from remotely. > > Does it itself contain Linux? It is possible that bootstrap > tftp loader isn't Linux. In this case Videostation itself does not > contain Linux until you turn it on. > > But downloading Linux kernel and GPLed software via > tftp and NFS is itself an act of distribution, and I think you > have the right to obtain source from distributor (in this case, > your ISP). > I'm all for the GPL and making sure it's followed, but could we move such discussions some place else? This is supposed to be a development list. Maybe creating a linux-gpl list (or whatever) would be better? josh - 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/