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Linksys Still In Violation of the GPL?

Posted by Hemos on from the fess-up-and-correct dept.

A reader writes:"From a recent post to LKML: "...Clearly, the kernel source that Linksys provided cannot be used to recreate the kernel that they are shipping with their product. Therefore, they have been, and still remain in violation of the GPL." Several heavy hitters have signed this one, including Jeremy Allison and Alan Cox." There's also commentary from David Turner and Bradley Kuhn of the FSF.

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  1. oops. by dnoyeb · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I though us slashdotters had resolved that as long as they were not shipping software, Linksys was not required to release any source. And the only party requored to release source was the party providing software ('firmware' to Linksys). And their source releasing obligation was only to Linksys.

    Shows what we know...

  2. Re:Explanation by Horny+Smurf · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Don't worry, slashdot readers will bitch for the next hour, promise to boycott, and post links to pictures of goatse.cx

    Then they'll forget all about it by tomorrow, and next week will be proud that LinkSys proves open source is better than a proprietary OS.