Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 5 Aug 2000 14:57:37 -0700 (PDT) | From | Joseph Elwell <> | Subject | Re: Linux GPL violations |
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Here's an udpate for everyone on the Virgin Webplayer / Merinata GPL violation.
This is in response to my original posting to the Linux kernel mailing list; I'm including that post here:
>I've read through months of archives, trying to find a >good place to report this, but have not been able to >find anything. > >Where is a good place to report GPL violations >concerning the Linux Kernel? > >I recently got a virign webplayer >(http://www.virginconnectme.com/). It runs Linux as >it's operating system. There's no mention of Linux or >the GPL in the license that is included in the manual. >In fact the license in the manual concerning the >"Software" is rather restrictive. And there's no >mention of how to obtain the source for the kernel. > >The people who sell the machine to virgin, is Merinta >(http://www.merinta.com/). You can verify that the >machines virgin use are running linux >(http://www.merinta.com/news/release000411.html). >Merinta, from what I understand from posts by >(presumedly) employees of Boundless (their mother >corporation) have many GPL violations according to: >http://www.kenseglerdesigns.com/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowPost&Board=vwgeneral&Post=17&Idle=0&Sort=0&Order=Descend&Page=0&Session= I like the idea of all these new Internet devices >coming out, running Linux. But it worries me that >they'll all ignore the GPL as they go. Making it more >difficult for fututre improvements in the kernel code. > > > >I'm not on the Linux kernel mailing list. So please CC >me directly at jelwell@yahoo.com. > >Thanks, >Joseph Elwell.
In my investigation to determine whether Virgin's Webplayer, manufactured by Merinta, I've documented the section of the License Agreement that deals with the Software installed; that ships with the Virgin Webplayer.
Section 2.2 of the member agreements reads as follows:
2.2 Webplayer Software License. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, we grant to you a limited, non-exclusive, personal, non-transferable license to use and display the Webplayer Software in object code form only, solely as part of and as necessary to use the Webplayer and the Virginconnect Services. Except for the license granted to you above, we (or our licensors) retain all right, title and interest, including all intellectual property rights, in and to the Webplayer Software. You may not attemp (or authorize any attempt) to defeat, obstruct or block any or all of the Webplayer Software functionality, or to decompile, reverse engineer or disassemble the Webplayer or the Webplayer Software.
Below is a listing of the filesystem that is currently (roughly 7/28/2000); some sections I've not filled in due the immensity of the files listed in those (and subdirectories of those). If someone asks me nicely -with reason - I'll fill those sections in:
Some highlights of the filesystem (which make me believe they're also running a GNU system (which wasn't mentioned on their press release - but is of course heavily implied when they say the machine runs the "Linux operating system".): /usr/lib/libg++.so.2.7.2 /usr/lib/libg++.so.2.7.2.8 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.2.7.2 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.2.7.2.8
/bin/arch /bin/cat /bin/chmod /bin/date /bin/dd /bin/echo /bin/kill /bin/ln /bin/ls /bin/mkdir /bin/mknod /bin/mount /bin/ntpdate /bin/ProgMonTerm /bin/rm /bin/sh /bin/sleep /bin/stty /bin/umount /boot/boot.3E00 /boot/boot.b /boot/doc2000 /boot/map /channels/g2/channel.cert /channels/g2/channel.sig /channels/g2/Codecs/14_4.so.6.0 /channels/g2/Codecs/28_8.so.6.0 /channels/g2/Codecs/cokr.so.6.0 /channels/g2/Codecs/ddnt.so.6.0 /channels/g2/Codecs/dnet.so.6.0 /channels/g2/Codecs/dspr.so.6.0 /channels/g2/Codecs/sipr.so.6.0 /channels/g2/Common/cookies.txt /channels/g2/Common/rmacore.so.6.0 /channels/g2/Plugins/httpfsys.so.6.0 /channels/g2/Plugins/meta.so.6.0 /channels/g2/Plugins/rarender.so.6.0 /channels/g2/Plugins/rarender.so.6.0 /channels/g2/Plugins/sdpplin.so.6.0 /channels/g2/postinstall.sh /channels/g2/properties.txt /channels/iap/.castanet /channels/iap/bin/G2Player /channels/iap/bin/G2Player.sh /channels/iap/bin/igotosleep /channels/iap/bin/iasignal /channels/iap/channel.cert /channels/iap/channel.sig /channels/iap/custom.jar /channels/iap/e4core.jar /channels/iap/ia.jar /channels/iap/java/security/SecureRandom.class /channels/iap/javascript.jar /channels/iap/ke31lib.jar /channels/iap/ke31rtk1.jar /channels/iap/ke31xtra.jar /channels/iap/lib/libIALinux.so /channels/iap/lib/libIASecureRandom.so /channels/iap/localweb/about.html /channels/iap/marimba.jar /channels/iap/marimba.zip /channels/iap/net1core.jar /channels/iap/pj.jar /channels/iap/postinstall.sh /channels/iap/properties.txt /channels/iap/rootcerts.64 /channels/iap/run /channels/iap/sonata.jar /channels/iap/updatenow.jar /channels/iap/updatesdk.jar /channels/iap/xml.jar /channels/jre/.castanet /channels/jre/bin/i586/green_threads/jre /channels/jre/channel.cert /channels/jre/channel.sig /channels/jre/COPYRIGHT /channels/jre/lib/awt.properties /channels/jre/lib/content-types.properties /channels/jre/lib/font.properties /channels/jre/lib/i586/green_threads/libawt.so /channels/jre/lib/i586/green_threads/libjava.so /channels/jre/lib/i586/green_threads/libjpeg_sun.so /channels/jre/lib/i586/green_threads/libmath.so /channels/jre/lib/i586/green_threads/libmmedia.so /channels/jre/lib/i586/green_threads/libnet.so /channels/jre/lib/i586/green_threads/libsysresource.so /channels/jre/lib/i586/green_threads/libzip.so /channels/jre/lib/i686/green_threads/libjava.so /channels/jre/lib/psfont.properties.ja /channels/jre/lib/ra.jar /channels/jre/lib/security/java.security /channels/jre/lib/serialver.properties /channels/jre/postinstall.sh /channels/jre/properties.txt /channels/manifest/.castanet /channels/manifest/channel.cert /channels/manifest/channel.sig /channels/manifest/manifest.xml /channels/manifest/properties.txt /channels/os/.castanet /* These channels directories appear to just be mirrors of the filesys. So I'm not documenting all the individual files again */ /channels/os/bin/* /channels/os/boot/* /channels/os/channel.cert /channels/os/channel.sig /channels/os/etc/* /channels/os/lib/* /channels/os/postinstall.sh /channels/os/properties.txt /channels/os/sbin/* /channels/os/usr/* /channels/X11/.castanet /channels/X11/bin/fvwm /channels/X11/bin/system.fvwmrc /channels/X11/bin/XF86_SVGA /channels/X11/bin/xfstt /channels/X11/bin/xgifroot /channels/X11/bin/xinit /channels/X11/bin/xinitrc /channels/X11/bin/xmodmap /channels/X11/channel.cert /channels/X11/channel.sig /channels/X11/lib/libICE.so.6 /channels/X11/lib/libICE.so.6.3 /channels/X11/lib/libSM.so.6 /channels/X11/lib/libSM.so.6.0 /channels/X11/lib/libX11.so.6 /channels/X11/lib/libX11.so.6.1 /channels/X11/lib/libXext.so.6 /channels/X11/lib/libXext.so.6.3 /channels/X11/lib/libXmu.so.6 /channels/X11/lib/libXmu.so.6.0 /channels/X11/lib/libXp.so.6 /channels/X11/lib/libXp.so.6.2 /channels/X11/lib/libXt.so.6 /channels/X11/lib/libXt.so.6.0 /channels/X11/lib/standby.gif /channels/X11/lib/X11/XXXTODO Too many files. If this is important email jelwell@yahoo.comXXX /channels/X11/lib/Xmodmap /channels/X11/postinstall.sh /channels/X11/properties.txt /dev/apm_bios /dev/console /dev/dsp /dev/fla /dev/fla1 /dev/initctl /dev/kmem /dev/mem /dev/mixer /dev/null /dev/psaux /dev/ptyp0 /dev/ptyp1 /dev/ptyp2 /dev/ram0 /dev/snd /dev/tty /dev/tty0 /dev/tty1 /dev/tty2 /dev/ttyp0 /dev/ttyp1 /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS1 /dev/uuid /dev/zero /etc/adjtime /etc/apmd /etc/asound.conf /etc/conf.modules /etc/host.conf /etc/hosts /etc/inittab /etc/ioctl.save /etc/ld.so.cache /etc/ld.so.conf /etc/lilo.conf /etc/nsswitch.conf /etc/ppp/ip-down /etc/ppp/options /etc/ppp/pap-secrets /etc/rc.d/ln.sh /etc/rc.d/mkDevices.sh /etc/rc.d/mkLinks.sh /etc/rc.d/mknod.sh /etc/rc.d/rc.profile /etc/rc.d/rc.reboot /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit /etc/rc.d/startx.sh /etc/resolv.conf /lib/ld-2.1.2.so /lib/libc.so.6 /lib/libc-2.1.2.so /lib/libcom-err.so.2 /lib/libcrypt.so.1 /lib/libcrypt-2.1.2.so /lib/libdl.so.2 /lib/libdl-2.1.2.so /lib/libext2fs.so.2 /lib/libm.so.6 /lib/libm-2.1.2.so /lib/libnss-dns.so.2 /lib/libnss-files.so.2 /lib/libpthread.so.2 /lib/libpthread-0.8.so /lib/libresolv.so.2 /lib/librt-2.1.2.so /lib/libtermcap.so.2 /lib/libtermcap.so.2.0.8 /lib/libuuid.so.1 /lib/libuuid.so.1.2 /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/snd.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/snd-card-sb16.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/snd-hwdep.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/snd-mixer.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/snd-mixer-oss.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/snd-op13.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/snd-pcm.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/snd-pcm-oss.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/snd-rawmidi.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/snd-sb16-csp.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/snd-sb16-dsp.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/snd-seq-device.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/snd-timer.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/misc/uuid.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/modules.dep /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/net/bsd-comp.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/net/eepro100.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/net/ppp-deflate.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/net/ppp.o /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/net/slhc.o /lost+found/ /proc/XXXTODO Too many files. If this is important email jelwell@yahoo.comXXX /ramdisk/etc/ppp/options.ppp /ramdisk/etc/ppp/secrets.pap /ramdisk/etc/resolv.conf /ramdisk/lost+found/ /ramdisk/etc/tmp/.font-unix /ramdisk/etc/tmp/.X0-lock /ramdisk/etc/tmp/.X11-unix/X0 /ramdisk/etc/var/cache/xfstt/ttinfo.dir /ramdisk/etc/var/cache/xfstt/ttname.dir /ramdisk/etc/var/run/apmd.pid /ramdisk/etc/var/run/ppp0.pid /ramdisk/etc/var/run/xfstt.pid /sbin/depmod /sbin/fsck.ext2 /sbin/halt /sbin/hwclock /sbin/ifconfig /sbin/init /sbin/insmod /sbin/kerneld /sbin/ldconfig /sbin/lilo /sbin/lsmod /sbin/mkfs.ext2 /sbin/modprobe /sbin/pidof /sbin/pump /sbin/reboot /sbin/rmmod /sbin/route /sbin/shutdown /sbin/update /storage/.castanet /storage/cookie.db /storage/favorite.txt /storage/local.cfg /storage/log.cache /storage/uuid /tmp/.font-unix /tmp/.X0-lock /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 /usr/bin/alsactl /usr/bin/amixer /usr/bin/cut /usr/bin/expr /usr/bin/file /usr/bin/id /usr/bin/test /usr/lib/libasound.so.1 /usr/lib/libasound.so.1.0.0 /usr/lib/libg++.so.2.7.2 /usr/lib/libg++.so.2.7.2.8 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.2.7.2 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.2.7.2.8 /usr/sbin/apmd /usr/sbin/pppd /usr/share/magic /var/cache/xfstt/ttinfo.dir /var/cache/xfstt/ttname.dir /var/run/apmd.pid /var/run/ppp0.pid /var/run/xfstt.pid
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