Wolfgang Denk denx.de> writes:
>
> Dear Mateusz,
>
> In message <5123E16B.1060907 gmail.com> you wrote:
> >
> > Is there anyone that can support me with enforcing GPL compliance on
> > company that ships product with binary u-boot? Or did that in the past?
>
> We can try.
>
> > They're "ma
fre 2013-03-08 klockan 10:46 +1300 skrev Charles Manning:
> I have had to deal with this a bit so I'll give my 2c.
>
> Under the GPL2, the company only has to provide source, or make an
> offer to do so, to customers buying the product containing the GPL
> code.
If you go the written offer path t
Dear Charles Manning,
In message
you wrote:
>
> >> 1) If you buy a product containing GPL code, but the company does not
> >> supply the code, then - in general - you cannot force the company to
> >> supply you with code. You need to get the collaboration of an
> >> infringed copyright holder to
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Charles,
>
> In message
> you
> wrote:
>>
>> 1) If you buy a product containing GPL code, but the company does not
>> supply the code, then - in general - you cannot force the company to
>> supply you with code. You need to get the co
Dear Charles,
In message
you wrote:
>
> 1) If you buy a product containing GPL code, but the company does not
> supply the code, then - in general - you cannot force the company to
> supply you with code. You need to get the collaboration of an
> infringed copyright holder to force the issue.
I have had to deal with this a bit so I'll give my 2c.
Under the GPL2, the company only has to provide source, or make an
offer to do so, to customers buying the product containing the GPL
code.
The flip side to this is that the "teeth" in the GPL come from
copyright law and the only person who c
Dear Pavel,
In message <20130307091729.GA24807@xo-6d-61-c0.localdomain> you wrote:
>
> > So did you contact the vendor and ask for the source code? And did
> > they answer, and what exactly?
>
> Technically... he should have got source code or written offer for it with
> the device. So they are
> > Is there anyone that can support me with enforcing GPL compliance on
> > company that ships product with binary u-boot? Or did that in the past?
>
> We can try.
>
> > They're "made" (branded is probably better word) by local companies, and
> > my guess is that most of them is violating GPL.
Dear Wolfgang,
On 20.02.2013 15:24, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
They're "made" (branded is probably better word) by local companies, and
my guess is that most of them is violating GPL.
Guesses are not good enough in such legal affairs.
I know, that's why I'm not asking for help with "all" devices,
Dear Mateusz,
In message <5123e16b.1060...@gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> Is there anyone that can support me with enforcing GPL compliance on
> company that ships product with binary u-boot? Or did that in the past?
We can try.
> They're "made" (branded is probably better word) by local companies,
Hi,
Short version:
Is there anyone that can support me with enforcing GPL compliance on
company that ships product with binary u-boot? Or did that in the past?
Long version:
Polish market is flooded with cheap DVB-T receivers (we're switching to
digital tv now), android tablets etc.
They're
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