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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. first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    post?

  2. I GOT A GREASED UP YODA DOLL SHOVED UP MY ASS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    GO SCO/LUNIX!

  3. SHUT UP, NERDS!!!! by SHUT+UP,+NERDS!!!! · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    HEY NERD, how come people are caring that COX CABLE founder is signing on to this? He is part of enemy! what you need are pirates, pirates of silicon valley, to help in NERD QUEST and quashing evil networking card creator. CRUSH THEM NERDS!!

  4. pateNTdead eyecon0meter aims to comply with gpl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that's right. no secretive/proprietary payper liesense kode in this baby, or the increasingly popular planet population rescue initiative.

    consult with/trust in yOUR creator. more breathing. vote with yOUR wallet. seek otheres of non-aggressive/positive intentions/behaviours. that's the spirit.

    for each of the creator's innocents harmed, there is a badtoll that must/will be repaid by you/US. the greed/fear based felons will not be available to make reparations.

    the lights are coming up now. lookout bullow, if you're a member/associate of the Godless georgewellian fuddite wall street of deceit corepirate nazi southern baptist freemason walking dead contingent, there's no going back, & no where to hide.

  5. Maybe they don't believe in the GPL, like SCO. by eddy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Their latest PR-scud has been fired.

    "SCO believes that the GPL -- created by the Free Software Foundation to supplant current U.S. copyright laws -- is a shaky foundation on which to build a legal case. By contrast, SCO continues to base its legal claims on well-settled United States contract laws and United States copyright laws."

    (it's sort of on-topic, don't you think?)

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  8. Re:Explanation by Mike+the+Mac+Geek · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod parent up.

    Who is this speaking? Who do you represent?

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  9. Re:What's the big deal, anyway? by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They have some really nice Broadcomm linux drivers there....

    Or do you remember that?

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