From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755277AbYE3Dts (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 May 2008 23:49:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752139AbYE3Dtk (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 May 2008 23:49:40 -0400 Received: from eth7959.sa.adsl.internode.on.net ([150.101.82.22]:40874 "EHLO hawking.rebel.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752104AbYE3Dtj (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 May 2008 23:49:39 -0400 Message-ID: <483F7942.8060706@davidnewall.com> Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 13:19:22 +0930 From: David Newall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080227) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jo Shields CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, license-violation@gpl-violations.org Subject: Re: GPL Violation: Compro Technology Inc, 2.6.17 modified binary-only kernel distribution References: <1210975212.7181.26.camel@mortos> <20080517003206.25e90937@olorin> <1212067265.11105.125.camel@osc-franzibald> In-Reply-To: <1212067265.11105.125.camel@osc-franzibald> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jo Shields wrote: > The infringing drivers have been removed from Compro's website, and > replaced with the following message: I'd like to know how you achieved that result. Netcomm, an Australian manufacturer of modems, use Linux in a number of their ADSL products, for example their NB5 range but I suppose, also, all of their modern products. They provide no acknowledgement on the box, nor in the documentation, nor on their web. I've exchanged emails with David Stewart , their Managing Director, in which I explained the legal requirements, and also pointed out some high profile companies that had been sued over their violations. He certainly understood the situation and promised to have the box and documentation modified appropriately, but that was a year ago and nothing has been done. What can be done?