On Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:21:56 +0200, Nils wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> 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. ..links to German source and best translation links, please. > 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! ..wget them. That makes you "their customer". ;o) > 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? ..also consider your obligations if you want (or e.g. are ordered by a court of law) to pass these on to somebody else without being able to pass on the source code. You then violate the GPL. > > 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 > > > -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
