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Is Sveasoft Violating the GPL?

Posted by simoniker on from the gumby-time dept.

Ron Harwood writes "First, Linksys was violating the GPL by not releasing their source for their Linux implementation on the WRT54G wireless router and WAP54G access point. When this was rectified, third party firmware started showing up. Well, now it looks like Sveasoft (one of the third party developers) has decided to restrict access to their modified source code to subscribers - that also will need to pay $49 for a CD rather than being able to download it." The thread summary at DSLReports only makes it clear that this is all very complicated.

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  1. Re:Money for nothing and the sex is free. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Ok let me try to explain it to you.
    It is not about GPL violations. It is about the way Sveasoft reacts to the legal act of redistribution.
    After I posted a binary of Alchemy 5.1 they send me threat emails, lied to my mail provider to get the account banned, lied to my webhost ("pirated versions") and got that account banned.
    I am sick of Sveasoft's fanboys pretending that everyone else is a cheap bastard just because we stand up for our rights. It's fine with me if Sveasoft charges 1.000$ for a firmware binary as long as they let people pass it on freely.

    If you're still not convinced read the emails that James send me.
    A nice quote:
    "You really should do some background research on who you are fucking with. I will eventually find out exactly who you are and where you live and
    then we're gonna have some real fun."

    http://wrt54g.streamfire.net/