Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965127AbVJEL7Z (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 07:59:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965128AbVJEL7Z (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 07:59:25 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:31962 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965127AbVJEL7Y (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 07:59:24 -0400 Subject: Re: freebox possible GPL violation From: Arjan van de Ven To: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" Cc: Emmanuel Fleury , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <20051005111329.GA31087@linux.ensimag.fr> <4343B779.8030200@cs.aau.dk> <1128511676.2920.19.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:59:18 +0200 Message-Id: <1128513559.2920.21.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: 1267 Lines: 35 On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 07:45 -0400, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: > On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > > >> 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) > > The unmodified kernel and the unmodified drivers are available > from ftp.kernel.org and other sources, the vendor doesn't have > to supply them, only tell you where you can get them if you want them. only for non-commercial distribution! which here isn't the case obviously - 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/