Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Jul 2003 03:20:48 -0700 (PDT) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: Nokia A036 and the GPL |
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Tomi,
Who cares, the world according to Roman .. it all should be free and to pursue litigation of any kind will offend people and they will not use Linux.
-a
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Tomi Lapinlampi wrote:
> > Hi, > > A few weeks ago Andrew Miklas wrote about a potential GPL violation > with the Linksys WRT54G wireless access point. I may have something > that falls into the same category, namely the Nokia A036. > > Nokia A036 is a 802.11b access point, small in size and with some > nice features. Besides using a web interface it's possible to > telnet into the device to configure it. Here's a sample session: > > LocalAP login: root > Password: > # > # uname -a > Linux LocalAP 2.4.17-uc0 #17 Tue Nov 5 20:12:26 CST 2002 armv4l unknown > # grep -v > BusyBox v0.51 (2002.11.05-12:11+0000) multi-call binary > > Usage: grep [-ihHnqvs] pattern [files...] > > # cat /proc/cpuinfo > Processor : ARM Arm940 rev 1 (v4l) > BogoMIPS : 89.49 > Hardware : POLDHU > Revision : 0000 > Serial : 0000000000000000 > > # cat /proc/version > Linux version 2.4.17-uc0 (root@guava-004.gemtek.com.tw) (gcc version 2.95.3.2 20010315 (release)) #17 Tue Nov 5 20:12:26 CST 2002 > > So, it's quite clear that this access point runs Linux and BusyBox. > It does not use modules - the kernel seems to be static. Therefore > I must assume that the drivers for the wireless interface are > free software too. > > I have the factory package and product CD for the A036, but there's > no sign of the GNU GPL anywhere - or pointers where to get the > source code - just the normal Nokia copyright texts and disclaimers. > > Having the source code would be useful in learning how this device > works. It might also be handy for customizing this device. > > How should I (and the Linux community) proceed to solve this problem? > Perhaps someone at Nokia is reading this? > > Regards, > > Tomi Lapinlampi > > -- > You can decide: live with free software or with only one evil company left? > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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