Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GPL Violation? | From | David Woodhouse <> | Date | Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:28:40 +0100 |
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On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 00:45 +0100, Ian Stirling wrote: > With the appropriate disclaimers on the box, it cannot function > incorrectly, as you will know that the thumb-print reader won't > work if you upgrade the kernel, and if you intend to do so, > you don't buy.
As far as I can tell, the GPL does not contain the text "if you are shipping a commercial product don't really want to comply with this licence, you can just put a disclaimer on the box of your product and that's OK instead".
> I've got a number of wireless routers that I don't have working > drivers for the wifi cards, happily wired into my network doing > things that they were not intended for, but they are functioning > 'correctly' as I see it.
Both are fairly clear examples of GPL violations. The manufacturer has _not_ granted you the freedom to copy, modify and distribute all the Linux-based code in the device, as is required by the GPL.
-- dwmw2
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