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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. Do you really want them to stop? by tjstork · · Score: 0, Troll


    Isn't it enough of a victory for the profession that they have used an academically based operating system rather than a commercial one?

    They could conceivably switch to Windows.

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  2. Re:Violation by Horny+Smurf · · Score: 0, Troll

    post a rant on slashdot. It's well known that the RIAA, MPAA, Microsoft, SCO, etc. read weblogs to find out what uninformed 12 year olds think of them, and change business practices accordingly.

  3. Move to BSD by ph4rmb0y · · Score: 2, Troll

    All this does is make companies shy away from Linux. Linksys should just move to BSD and forget about this GPL nonsense.

  4. Re:Why should they? by SpacePunk · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yup. That's why GPL operating systems and software don't hit it big with technology companies. I won't develop anything for Linux because it's all expected to be GPL.

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