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Is Linksys Violating The GPL?

Posted by timothy on from the could-just-be-a-glitch dept.

jap writes "According to this post on LKML, Linksys is shipping firmware for (at least their) 802.11g access-points based on Linux - without any sourcecode available or mentioning of it on their site. This could be interesting: it might provide the possibility of building an ueber-cool accesspoint firmware with IPsec and native ipv6 support etc etc, using this information!"

3 of 524 comments (clear)

  1. Cisco IOS ? by berkeleyjunk · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you push too hard for publishing source code, this box will be running Cisco IOS soon, slowing down the box 4 fold.

  2. Re:I'm not sure by Alain+Williams · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not at all -- it just gives SCO another company to sue!

  3. you think that's bad? by Trailer+Trash · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not only are they in violation of the GPL, they are literally costing SCO BILLIONS OF DOLLARS by violating SCO's copyrights, patents, or some contract with IBM by releasing a Linux based product! Quick, someone alert McBride!

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    Do you have ESP?