Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 Nov 2004 22:33:46 +0100 | From | Pierre <> | Subject | Re: possible GPL violation by Free |
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> When they built the first freebox, I found an inside photo on the net. > I don't remember which chip it was (several years ago), but it was > clear > from the maker that it only supported vxworks. And at this time, > people > were already saying it was running linux. There are so many rumors > about > many devices running linux that people should check (at least provide > the > result of an nmap -O). For most end-users, "linux" is the word for "a > reliable embedded OS with IP support".
It is certain that the freebox run linux on mips processor [0] : see the cv of the developper of the freebox [1] [2] They seem to have done minor contribution [3]
It seem [4] that linux is writen on a flash memory of the freebox with the firmware of the ADSL modem (if it wasn't how the freebox could connect throught ADSL for download root and new firmware).
Also it is said that if you forgot to give back to them you paid about 300 ??? and it is yours.
I don't know if there is a real GPL violation, but knowing the free support it will be very difficult to communicate with them...
[0] http://www.idt.com/news/Feb03/02_24_03_1.html [1] http://alex.krnl.org [2] http://www.figuiere.net/hub/cv.html [3] http://www.uclibc.org/lists/uclibc-cvs/2003-January/003068.html [4] http://www.hifocus.net/freebox3.php3
Deux elements logiciels sont stockees en memoire flash : le noyau linux et le firmware du chipset Alcatel pour la connexion WAN. Le reste de la configuration (filtres, logiciels, drivers...) est telecharge a chaque demarrage et stocke en memoire vive. - 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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