Am 06.07.2013 02:31, schrieb wiebittewas: > Hi! Hello! > first - sorry, but currently I've got no time to really follow this > list, so if there're any further questions it may take some time, before > I can reply. > > and I hope I took the right address, else please give me a short note.
I think you are right on this list ;) > if you go to http://iontheaction.de/ion/Firmware-Updates.html and > download the firmware-file, which is named "burn.bin" and then have a > look at the file with a hex-editor or with strings, then you will > notice, that there's an linux-kernel in it, but there's no source-code > at all, but - as far as I understand gpl - it has to be. > > maybe this vendor/product could be added to the toDo-list. The website of this company is a pure nightmare - Everything is moving! But aside of this - yes, you are right, this is a pretty clear infringement of the GPL. A quick binwalk of the update file shows that it is a uImage format file with a Linux kernel and squashfs inside - though I have not yet been able to unsquashfs it. According to the extracted Kernel we have: kernel.img: u-boot legacy uImage, Linux Kernel Image, Linux/MIPS, OS Kernel Image (lzma), 897857 bytes, Fri Jul 20 08:15:24 2012, Load Address: 0x80002000, Entry Point: 0x801BF0F0, Header CRC: 0x71003854, Data CRC: 0x02A440F4 So at least we have to suspect that U-Boot and Linux Kernel, both GPL, are used in this device. The website does not mention the use of GPL/LGPL in the device at all and the online available manual does not do so either. So this indeed seems like a pretty clear case... If you do not have the time to struggle with them and if you agree I would try to contact them since this seems to be a German company (though I think the device is made in China/Asia) and I am a copyright holder on the Linux kernel. > best regards > wiebittewas Cheers nils
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