Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: freebox possible GPL violation | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:27:56 +0200 |
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> Your task will be to prove that the kernel they upload to your box is a > modified Linux kernel (by "modified Linux kernel", I mean no modules but > the kernel itself). > > So, the first step would be to catch/sniff this binary image, then > analyze it. > > But, as long as you cannot prove that Free has done internal > modifications to the Linux kernel which are not released in any way, > your case is quite thin.
why?
The GPL holds modified or not...
(and that includes drivers if they are distributed together with the gpl kernel as part of a bigger work)
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