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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 -- scott preece -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.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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