Re: [U-Boot] Possible GPL violation

2013-09-12 Thread Gerard Kam
Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de writes: Dear Mateusz, In message 5123E16B.1060907 at 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

Re: [U-Boot] Possible GPL violation

2013-03-08 Thread Henrik Nordström
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 then

Re: [U-Boot] Possible GPL violation

2013-03-07 Thread Pavel Machek
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. Guesses

Re: [U-Boot] Possible GPL violation

2013-03-07 Thread Wolfgang Denk
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 already

Re: [U-Boot] Possible GPL violation

2013-03-07 Thread 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. The flip side to this is that the teeth in the GPL come from copyright law and the only person who

Re: [U-Boot] Possible GPL violation

2013-03-07 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Charles, In message CAE21AQoqC8_sJarKmSAa2f-3=3YDPL9gK7rxL7pXUx3aa=n...@mail.gmail.com 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

Re: [U-Boot] Possible GPL violation

2013-03-07 Thread Charles Manning
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Wolfgang Denk w...@denx.de wrote: Dear Charles, In message CAE21AQoqC8_sJarKmSAa2f-3=3YDPL9gK7rxL7pXUx3aa=n...@mail.gmail.com you wrote: 1) If you buy a product containing GPL code, but the company does not supply the code, then - in general - you cannot

Re: [U-Boot] Possible GPL violation

2013-03-07 Thread Wolfgang Denk
Dear Charles Manning, In message CAE21AQpUuFOAfwRk=7rsQHL5p_EVhiNQUAT4QKY=px0svxo...@mail.gmail.com 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

Re: [U-Boot] Possible GPL violation

2013-02-20 Thread Wolfgang Denk
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, and

Re: [U-Boot] Possible GPL violation

2013-02-20 Thread Mateusz Kulikowski
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,

[U-Boot] Possible GPL violation

2013-02-19 Thread Mateusz Kulikowski
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