Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965110AbVJEL2I (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 07:28:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965112AbVJEL2I (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 07:28:08 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:23016 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965110AbVJEL2G (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 07:28:06 -0400 Subject: Re: freebox possible GPL violation From: Arjan van de Ven To: Emmanuel Fleury Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <4343B779.8030200@cs.aau.dk> References: <20051005111329.GA31087@linux.ensimag.fr> <4343B779.8030200@cs.aau.dk> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:27:56 +0200 Message-Id: <1128511676.2920.19.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 2.9 (++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.0.4 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (2.9 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 2.8 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 814 Lines: 24 > Your task will be to prove that the kernel they upload to your box is a > modified Linux kernel (by "modified Linux kernel", I mean no modules but > the kernel itself). > > So, the first step would be to catch/sniff this binary image, then > analyze it. > > But, as long as you cannot prove that Free has done internal > modifications to the Linux kernel which are not released in any way, > your case is quite thin. why? The GPL holds modified or not... (and that includes drivers if they are distributed together with the gpl kernel as part of a bigger work) - 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/