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Message-ID: <7b69d1470712111039j6206decboe8d4df866933de0d@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:39:40 -0600
From: "Scott Preece" <sepreece@...il.com>
To: "Mauricio Mauad Menegaz Filho" <mmauad@...il.com>
Cc: "Pavel Machek" <pavel@....cz>, CIJOML <cijoml@...ny.cz>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: HTC TyTN || (P4550) violates GPL?? Or maybe Qualcomm itself with MSM7200???
On Dec 11, 2007 11:02 AM, Mauricio Mauad Menegaz Filho <mmauad@...il.com> wrote:
> > Did phone packaging contain sources or written offer for them? If not,
> > they are probably still violating GPL. gpl-violations.org, I'd say.
>
> Hi Michal/Pavel
>
> Both of you are right. Qualcomm is not offering source codes for the drivers (at
> least, there is no way to find the drivers on their site, and they
> are probably not
> asking for MSM based devices to advertise *drivers available* or such), nor the
> iguana source code contains the drivers. Licenses are needless until violated.
>
> Mauad
If the drivers are on the L4 side, they would have no obligation to
provide them. That's one of the reasons device manufacturers look at
virtualized/micro-kernel architectures.
Of course, if the device has Linux in it, they would still need to
provide the sources for that, either in the product or via a written
offer.
scott
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