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On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 07:45 -0400, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: > On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > > >> 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) > > The unmodified kernel and the unmodified drivers are available > from ftp.kernel.org and other sources, the vendor doesn't have > to supply them, only tell you where you can get them if you want them. only for non-commercial distribution! which here isn't the case obviously - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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