Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965209AbVJEPJN (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 11:09:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965207AbVJEPJN (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 11:09:13 -0400 Received: from imag.imag.fr ([129.88.30.1]:62876 "EHLO imag.imag.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965209AbVJEPJL (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Oct 2005 11:09:11 -0400 Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 17:08:33 +0200 From: Pierre Michon To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: freebox possible GPL violation Message-ID: <20051005150833.GA580@linux.ensimag.fr> Reply-To: 4343C73E.9000507@cs.aau.dk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (imag.imag.fr [129.88.30.1]); Wed, 05 Oct 2005 17:08:34 +0200 (CEST) X-IMAG-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-IMAG-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 861 Lines: 22 Hi, > First, it is very arguable to say that they are "distributing" the >software as it does not comes with the FreeBox but is automatically >downloaded at each boot through the DSLAM network (which the user is not >supposed to know about). Have you read my first comment ? If you said there is nothing in the freebox, how does it boot in order to recover the firmware ? They made a no-GPL firmware, that manage the led screen, the adsl chip, ppp, that can do http request ? Why does it need to rebbot when a new firmware is available ? I am bored that people always give the same suspicious arguments... Pierre - 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/