Hi Joseph, > One of the comments mentions missing u-boot source but that this has > now been corrected; and there are mentions to module sources [you > /can/ do closed source linux kernel modules in some cases iirc, so > that requires further explanation], and the kernel configuration file > - but if that's retrievable from the kernel itself that's arguably not > a violation. > > Are there further details somewhere?
Dmitry did try and report his blog post to the list himself but Mailman automatically (not us moderators) rejected his post for an, as yet, undetermined reason. I'm CC-ing him as he's not a subscriber. Dmitry, the thread so far can be found in the archive; http://lists.gpl-violations.org/pipermail/legal/2013-September/004224.html Dmitry's rejected email to the list included > Not sure if this is the proper way to contact the project for this > issue, but I hope so. If not, please forgive me and let me know how to > do it better. Transcend's WiFi SD card GPL release package contains a > kernel source that is *NOT* what they ship in binary, lacks the source > of two modules they ship in binary, and lacks the source of u-boot > they ship in binary (I ran across this and documented it here: > http://dmitry.gr/index.php?r=05.Projects&proj=15.%20Transcend%20WiFiSD). > I was led to believe that this project helps get vendors into > compliance. When I tried pointing it out to them I was told, > essentially, to go away and that they were uninterested (details in my > link). Can anything be done? Cheers, Ralph.
