Small correction - the company is located in Austria, not Germany. Am 06.07.2013 14:36, schrieb Nils Faerber: > 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 >
Viele Grüße nils -- Nils Faerber Buehlstr. 156 57080 Siegen https://www.fpresso.de
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