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SubjectRe: [OT] Belkin Bluetooth Access Point GPL violation


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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