Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 19 Sep 2004 11:58:57 +0200 | From | Aiko Barz <> | Subject | WRT54G |
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Hi there!
It's the wrt54g subject again... I'm mirroring the Sveasoft-firmware, which was published under the terms of "GPL". At least Sveasoft said that. Of course, many drivers are closed. And others look like this: * This is UNPUBLISHED PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODE of Broadcom Corporation; Since those drivers are kept outside the kernel-tree it might be allright with the GPL.
Now, wind changed quite a bit: Sveasoft wants money for their firmware. (It's ok with me.) Sveasoft actually sells the code. You only get a copy if you are a registered, paying Sveasoft-user. This also covers the GPL-part.
This site http://www.linksys.com/support/gpl.asp also implies, that i can redistribute those drivers and firmwares. But it is the same problem with them. Those wrt54g-firmwares also contain non-GPL sourcecodes and binaries.
Sveasoft is hunting down mirrorsites right now. Of course, they want to earn some money. So i'm not sure what I should do next?! Going down or asking for the rest of the code?
Bis denne, Aiko
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