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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:39:40 -0600
From: "Scott Preece" <sepreece@gmail.com>
To: "Mauricio Mauad Menegaz Filho" <mmauad@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: HTC TyTN || (P4550) violates GPL?? Or maybe Qualcomm itself with MSM7200???
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On Dec 11, 2007 11:02 AM, Mauricio Mauad Menegaz Filho <mmauad@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Did phone packaging contain sources or written offer for them? If not,
> > they are probably still violating GPL. gpl-violations.org, I'd say.
>
> Hi Michal/Pavel
>
> Both of you are right. Qualcomm is not offering source codes for the drivers (at
>  least, there is no way to find the drivers on their site, and they
> are probably not
> asking for MSM based devices to advertise *drivers available* or such), nor the
> iguana source code contains the drivers. Licenses are needless until violated.
>
> Mauad

If the drivers are on the L4 side, they would have no obligation to
provide them. That's one of the reasons device manufacturers look at
virtualized/micro-kernel architectures.

Of course, if the device has Linux in it, they would still need to
provide the sources for that, either in the product or via a written
offer.

scott


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