From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 27 08:49:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17FCC16A4CF for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:49:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85BE043D53 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:49:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) i9R8nTq83273; Wed, 27 Oct 2004 01:49:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 01:49:29 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Importance: Normal cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: GPL vs BSD Licence X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:49:32 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of TM4525@aol.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 10:45 AM > To: tedm@toybox.placo.com > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: GPL vs BSD Licence > > > In a message dated 10/26/04 2:32:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > tedm@toybox.placo.com writes: > Actually a more interesting example is some of the Linksys routers > do indeed use an embedded Linux along with Zebra as the routing engine. > > Ted > Or Allot communications, who openly advertise the use of linux, but do > not make source available to an obviously modified kernel.. I > believe they > claim that the GPL is optional. Heh - didn't know about that one. Why doesen't someone ask Linus when he's going to sue over copyright infringement, next time he spouts about the GPL. This is yet another example of the GPL license flaw. While any of the copyright holders of the Linux kernel could sue Allot, if they don't, it pretty much builds evidence that is going to help those that would argue that the GPL is uninforceable. There's been a couple of other GPL cases like this - of infringement that is being ignored. One of these days I'm going to have to gather up all these and write an article on it. Ted