From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761421AbYEET1P (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2008 15:27:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755296AbYEET06 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2008 15:26:58 -0400 Received: from fmmailgate01.web.de ([217.72.192.221]:49739 "EHLO fmmailgate01.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751223AbYEET05 (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 May 2008 15:26:57 -0400 Message-ID: <00ed01c8aee5$f511fe00$6400a8c0@bui.materna.com> From: "Roland" To: Cc: , Subject: Re:Possible GPL violation in Linux-based IPTV set top box Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 21:26:45 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18VY9vixL8L8hkTzHPjQnbpNWdqyXqOnkSl/CpC n6iaH8ARi/dRuNegrodhKmyxWuPboBorv5iK5HnrxBBxC8uD23 LBel+jW/E= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org thanks for bringing this up ! i think this should be a better place to go: http://www.gpl-violations.org/ -> http://www.gpl-violations.org/mailinglists.html regards roland List: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Possible GPL violation in Linux-based IPTV set top box From: Arjan van de Ven Date: 2008-05-05 4:40:17 Message-ID: 20080504214017.2de2d220 () infradead ! org [Download message RAW] On Sun, 4 May 2008 23:47:24 -0400 Robert Kelly III wrote: > 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? you should ask a lawyer, not here; your question is offtopic for this list... there's no lawyers here. Or if that's a really big step, you could ask Harald Welte or the Software Freedom Law Center; both have a lot of experience with this sort of thing.