From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266194AbUGJIiV (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Jul 2004 04:38:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266196AbUGJIiV (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Jul 2004 04:38:21 -0400 Received: from coyote.holtmann.net ([217.160.111.169]:64919 "EHLO mail.holtmann.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266194AbUGJIiT (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Jul 2004 04:38:19 -0400 Subject: Re: [OT] Belkin Bluetooth Access Point GPL violation From: Marcel Holtmann To: Robert Lowery Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <000001c46615$b4608fb0$0302a8c0@vaio> References: <000001c46615$b4608fb0$0302a8c0@vaio> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1089448693.13519.24.camel@pegasus> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 10:38:13 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Robert, > 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. may you tell me how you extracted the kernel and the filesystem from the firmware files. I wanna take a look at it and find out what Bluetooth stack they are using. Regards Marcel