Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Jul 2004 11:17:51 -0400 | From | Timothy Miller <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Belkin Bluetooth Access Point GPL violation |
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Petr Titera wrote:
> Hello, > > I've try to look at firware image and it really seems that they do > not use modules in kernel and that bluetooth drivers are compiled in. So it > really seems that they should either distribute source for their stack > or do not distribute it at all. >
Even if they did use modules, the module interface is not necessarily a GPL barrier. The fact that the unit becomes useless if you remove the kernel or the bluetooth drivers means that it's a complete work and not merely an aggregate.
I don't understand why companies think they can get away with this kind of intellectual property theft.
I also don't understand why they don't use BSD instead. They wouldn't have ANY of these problems.
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