I had Posted information about another User of XDA who violated the GPL, and somehow it appears to be discarded and I was told to take it up with XDA in not so many words.
The issue is not with XDA. SebastianFM is distributing a kernel on a public website with no access control. This kernel has no source, and this user has a pattern of posting kernels with no source. Yes, it is another matter that XDA has permitted this in the past, but it is still a violation opf the GPL, and therefore should be discussed here. In the past SebastianFM has released kernels that he called "leaks" The binaries were posted by SebastianFM himself. He claims there is no source as the kernels were leaks, and he had to "hex edit" the binary. With these "hex edits" he was able to not just change, but add cpu clock steps, fix touch screen issues related to multi touch, change L2 Cache and FSB clocks, and change the uname string so the kernel appears to be compiled by "SebastianFM" for various android devices. Basically the same things most developers do by modifying source and re-compiling. I feel this is relevant to discuss here, as it is in fact a violation of the GPL. (as well as a violation of XDA's policy, as posted by Jeremy Meiss on this very mailing list.) The kernel is posted here => http://forum.xda-developers. com/showthread.php?t=2349756 Jeremy Meiss was allowed to post here on this list about XDA's policies and what not, and no one objected. Yet, when I post that someone is infact violating the GPL, be it faux123 of SebastianFM, or MikeC84 - the focus always gets moved back to Chad.
