Hi! I now had a longer email conversation with Thalia, who sold the Oyo ebook reader which implements Linux and other GPLed stuff.
The conversation was in German and I would like to forward it here since I am now at a point where I actually do not fully know where the legal boundaries are. The problem e.g. is that I bought the device from a third party, not from Thalia directly. Thalia was the OEM that sold them originally in Germany. The ODM is Medion. I now have the problem that Thalia does not want to fulfill the requirements of the GPL since they say that I am not their customer. Formally this is true. But they are still offering the firmware binaries from their servers! Medion did not reply yet at all :( So what can / should I do now? What are my actual rights? Do I need to be a first hand customer to claim my rights? And what are my rights as copyright holder of some of the used parts? Who is the infringing party, is it Thalia as OEM or would I rather need to go after Medion, the ODM? Since the three years that are guaranteed by the GPL are running I would like to get this settled rather sooner than later. Any advice how to proceed is welcome! Cheers nils
