If the firmware includes any software that is a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy (here's a list), which it almost certainly does because 99% of these devices include BusyBox, send mail to conservancy@softwarefreedom.org and tell them about the device. They will start the process of making sure the vendor is complying with the necessary requirements of the licenses.
I'm ashamed to be part of the Linux community right now. What did this name calling accomplish? The problem is that Mindcraft now thinks the Linux community is full of people that are immature and like to call names.
What Mindcraft did was not appropriate, either. They shouldn't have posted confidential e-mail on their web page. But that doesn't make what people said ok.
To the people who wrote those mails: Please remember that you're speaking for the *entire* community. I wasn't happy with the way Mindcraft did the tests, but I don't think they are whores or whatever else you chose to call them.
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If the firmware includes any software that is a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy (here's a list), which it almost certainly does because 99% of these devices include BusyBox, send mail to conservancy@softwarefreedom.org and tell them about the device. They will start the process of making sure the vendor is complying with the necessary requirements of the licenses.
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I'm ashamed to be part of the Linux community right now. What did this name calling accomplish? The problem is that Mindcraft now thinks the Linux community is full of people that are immature and like to call names.
What Mindcraft did was not appropriate, either. They shouldn't have posted confidential e-mail on their web page. But that doesn't make what people said ok.
To the people who wrote those mails: Please remember that you're speaking for the *entire* community. I wasn't happy with the way Mindcraft did the tests, but I don't think they are whores or whatever else you chose to call them.
Paul
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Paul
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