From: "Robert Lowery" <rlowery@optusnet.com.au>
To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [OT] Belkin Bluetooth Access Point GPL violation
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 10:34:47 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <000001c46615$b4608fb0$0302a8c0@vaio> (raw)
I recently purchase a Belkin Bluetooth Access Point with USB Print
Server
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_
Id=200583&pcount=&Product_Id=134669
By telnetting into it, I was able to find that it runs linux,
specifically uClinux version 2.0.38.1pre7arm.
Investigating further, I found the device is made by
www.rovingnetworks.com
The latest version of firmware may be obtained from
http://www.belkin.com/firmware/bluetooth/f8t030/flash.bin or a beta
version that includes PAN support at
www.rovingnetworks.com/belkinpan4.bin
I contacted them at support@rovingnetworks.com Mike Conrad replied to
my request.
Initially, he said they wanted $5000 for a source code license. When I
Informed him of their GPL violation, he said
"you could possibly have the linux os changes we made, but our bluetooth
stack, for example, is not covered under the GPL. And we have special
tools that enable web download, and create the image that is loaded,
etc."
Looking at the running system, it is not running any kernel modules, so
I would expect the bluetooth stack to be compiled into the kernel
proper, which in my understanding would mean they have to release the
source.
This was a few weeks ago. I contacted him today to see what they had
decided and got
"The developer who works on it here was on vacation, now he is back but
swamped with work. It is not a very high priority for us. We may put
something out, but I would not hold your breath for it."
Would any one on the list be interested in taking this further?
My main interest in this would be be to add additional USB support eg
USB mass storage
-Robert
next reply other threads:[~2004-07-10 0:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-07-10 0:34 Robert Lowery [this message]
2004-07-10 8:38 ` [OT] Belkin Bluetooth Access Point GPL violation Marcel Holtmann
2004-07-20 1:15 ` Kyle Moffett
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-07-10 9:20 Robert Lowery
2004-07-10 17:04 ` Petr Titera
2004-07-14 15:17 ` Timothy Miller
2004-07-11 6:08 Robert Lowery
2004-07-11 7:21 ` Jeff Woods
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