Re: freebox possible GPL violation

[Arjan van de Ven]

> Your task will be to prove that the kernel they upload to your box is a
> modified Linux kernel (by "modified Linux kernel", I mean no modules but
> the kernel itself).
> 
> So, the first step would be to catch/sniff this binary image, then
> analyze it.
> 
> But, as long as you cannot prove that Free has done internal
> modifications to the Linux kernel which are not released in any way,
> your case is quite thin.

why?

The GPL holds modified or not...

(and that includes drivers if they are distributed together with the gpl
kernel as part of a bigger work)

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