From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759322AbYEEDve (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 May 2008 23:51:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757533AbYEEDri (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 May 2008 23:47:38 -0400 Received: from el-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.162.183]:18020 "EHLO el-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758695AbYEEDrg (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 May 2008 23:47:36 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; b=TqVHcn289fCsQ6AFP340L63s0gVs7PZ6vzLmV1rZGZ/Up4aanSEWJ8Dp3OPFNkzGLzi7PdiiA3hjdz4AI6q0YuOsRg5uFJBfzMJEi3px0KkW2+b21KHvzLj86neteEbtcohzRw7vo/Zu15aYicgBkIrOt728iNQ9HaXjdOKllbc= From: Robert Kelly III To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Possible GPL violation in Linux-based IPTV set top box Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 23:47:24 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 Cc: legal@narasimha.gpl-violations.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200805042347.26445.bluethegrappler@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The company I work for, SkyAngel, has recently swapped from satelite broadcast to IPTV. The set top box we are using runs Linux according to NeuLion, our partner company who supplies the STB. When we distribute the set top boxes, however, there is no disclaimer of warranty, copy of the GPL, offer for source code, or any mention of Linux as far as I can find. Isn't this a violation of the GPL and your copyright? I have raised concerns about the situation, but everyone here seems convinced it is somehow ok. What should be done about this? I am not sure who would be responsible as it seems NeuLion or some associate makes the STB and takes care of the software, but we sell it to our customers. Is there any possible way I might have missed that this could actually be permissible? Robert A. Kelly III