From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261563AbVGSR0i (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:26:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261564AbVGSR0i (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:26:38 -0400 Received: from mr1.uky.edu ([128.163.2.150]:36551 "EHLO mr1.uky.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261563AbVGSR0h convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:26:37 -0400 Subject: Possible GPL violation by PQI Reply-To: rfbaum2@uky.edu From: "Ryan Frederick Baumann" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:05:00 -0400 X-Mailer: NetMail ModWeb Module MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <1121792700.9333fa4rfbaum2@uky.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Mail-Router: No infection found X-Mail-Router-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=0, required 7) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Precise name of the product: PQI mPack P800 The firmware uses a modified version of the Sigma Designs uClinux 2.4.17-uc0 kernel (available here: http://www.uclinux.org/pub/uClinux/ports/arm/EM8500/). In my previous encounters with similar devices, they have kept the portions of code that dealt with the EM85XX chipset in a seperate binary module loaded at run-time (this is the case with my Bravo D1). This is not the case with this firmware. All the EM85XX-specific modifications are embedded directly into the linux.bin kernel image, with no source available to reproduce the kernel. I contacted PQI a week ago through their "Contact Engineer" web form, but have received no response. How the license was violated: -copyright notice of the copyright holder is not preserved -source code is completely missing, requests for source code ignored -no written offer for source or copy of the license included Firmware can be downloaded here: http://www.pqi.com.tw/download.asp?filetype=3D5 The firmware is a modified romfs filesystem (it has a nonstandard header that you must strip before being able to use it with normal romfs tools). -Ryan Baumann (My apologies if this reaches the list multiple times, I tried sending this message from my GMail account but it never appeared on the list)