Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GPL Violation of Linux in Telsey Video Station Product | From | Josh Boyer <> | Date | Mon, 04 Oct 2004 07:55:00 -0500 |
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On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 08:44, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > On Monday 04 October 2004 12:16, Alessandro Sappia wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Good Morning, > > I'm a Customer of a broadband ISP in Italy; They sell ont only the > > connection, but they add VoIP Phone and TVoIP. (Both TV on Demand and TV > > Broadcasting). > > I bought a Video Station branded by my carrier and surprisingly I found > > that the operating system the use is a modified version of linux. > > It was possible for me to see it because the Videostation Itself is just > > a PC with an Ethernet Card on it and it does boot from remotely. > > Does it itself contain Linux? It is possible that bootstrap > tftp loader isn't Linux. In this case Videostation itself does not > contain Linux until you turn it on. > > But downloading Linux kernel and GPLed software via > tftp and NFS is itself an act of distribution, and I think you > have the right to obtain source from distributor (in this case, > your ISP). >
I'm all for the GPL and making sure it's followed, but could we move such discussions some place else? This is supposed to be a development list. Maybe creating a linux-gpl list (or whatever) would be better?
josh
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