Πιθανή GPL violation

[Spiros Bolis]

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Giannis Papadopoulos wrote:

> Αυτή τη στιγμή είμαι ένα σκαλί πριν κατηγορηθώ για συκοφαντική δυσφήμιση
>   - ήδη έχει πέσει η πρώτη απειλή - και άλλα τέτοια φαιδρά και
> πραγματικά θα ήθελα βοήθεια από το σύλλογο.
>
> Τι θα κάνατε στη θέση μου;
Xa! Prwta: relax. Meta:  Katse kai apolayse diabasma! (an bariesai,
katw-katw exei to zoymi)

Eidika me ayto to mhxanaki (Linksys) exei ginei o kakos xamos.

3ekinaei h Linksys kai bgazei firmware kai dinei kai upgrades apo to
internet. To pairnoyn xabari kapoioi oti einai linux based kai thn
krazoyn sto slashdot

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/06/08/1749217.shtml?tid=117&tid=137&tid=193&tid=99

meta apo 3-4 mhnes
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/43996.html
apofasizei h Linksys na bgalei ton kwdika. Malista exei oloklhro koybaki
sto website ths "GPL Code Center"!
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=US%2FLayout&packedargs=c%3DL_Content_C1%26cid%3D1115416836002&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper

(yparxei mia mono efarmogh, h entolh "wl" h opoia einai kata-dikia ths
kai exei sxesh me th xrhsh ths kartas broadcom poy einai enswmatwmenh
sta WRT54Gx kai kykloforei binary only)

Afoy loipon h linksys symorfwthike, bghke sthn piatsa kai kapoio paketaki
gia cross-compiling aytwn twn firmwares (den 3erw an to eftia3e h
etaireia 'h h koinothta). Ki ekei einai poy bghkan 3-4 dianomes gi' ayto
to mhxanaki px. WiFibox, Sveasoft, HyperWRT, OpenWRT ktl. TO kathena eixe
diaforetiko stoxo kai diaforetiko pathma.

O typas apo th Sveasoft (o opoios einai megalo k*lopaido), isxyrizomenos
oti exei grapsei ton extra-kwdika aytos, edine mono binary images epi
plhrwmh ta opoia eixan kapoio unique-ID-tag mesa (peiraze me kapoio
tropo ta gif-akia poy eixe o web server toy) gia na 3erei poios diareei
"ton kwdika toy" kai an kapoios -apo toys syndromhtes- toy zhtoyse
source, ekane diafories magkanies gia na ton tag-arei (na 3erei poios
ton dinei wste na toy kopsei th syndromh)

Kapoia stigmh to eixa parei zesta kai eixa asxolithei me to thema alla
meta me epni3an kapoia alla pragmata kai to exw "on-hold"

http://www.awmn.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8199&highlight=gpl

http://www.awmn.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8877&highlight=gpl


Genika yparxei mia katakraygh gia tis energeies toy typoy aytoy alla oi
anthrwpoi poy tha boroysan na kanoyn kati, fainetai na asxoloyntai me
alla pragmata. O Alan Cox px. ton dikaiologei. Gi' ayto exoyn 3efytrwsei
diafores selides me skopo na "xalasoyn th soypa" sth Sveasoft dinontas
to source kwdika "untagged". Twra teleytaia bebaia arxise na 3anakanei
p at p@ries kai den edine se kanenan source, alla ayto alla3e prosfata

http://wrt54g.thermoman.de/
http://freewrt.narod.ru/


Ta parapanw me safws diplwmatikoterh glwssa exoyn ftasei kai sth
Wikipedia!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveasoft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sveasoft


Prin apo ligoys mhnes (Martio), sth Cebit nomizw, brethike enas
parano'i'kos typas [*] o opoios phre sbarna ola ta periptera apo
etaireies poy eixan embedded linux alla den edinan source kai toys
epesthse thn prosoxh. Profanws kai toys aifnidiase px. o ekproswpos ths
Motorolla eipe "an exoyme kanei lathos, tha to diorthwsoyme"
http://ct.zdnet.com.com/clicks?c=81683-8540393&brand=zdnet&ds=5

[*] Harald Welte is an author of networking software called
netfilter/iptables

kai apo tote, afierwnei ena tetarto apo to xrono toy sto

http://www.gpl-violations.org/

Parakoloythw tis listes toys (legal h mia, technical h allh) apo thn arxh
toy kalokairioy kai prospathw na bw sth logikh gia na symmetasxw sto
mellon.


To zoymi:
Prepei na broyme toylaxiston ena programma poy exoyn oi "dikoi soy" kai
to opoio einai GPL gia to opoio o katoxos copyright einai diatethimenos
na to trabh3ei sta akra (hint: iptables-Welte). Meta bebaiwnomaste oti
ontws yparxei parabiash GPL. Ti tha pei parabiash GPL? An px. de dinei
source gia download alla exei grapth desmeysh me isxy toylaxiston 3
xronia oti tha steilei ton kwdika enanti toy posoy poy tha xreiastei gia
to meso (px. CD) kai ta taxydromika, tote den einai parabiash.

Sth dikh soy periptwsh fainetai na einai ontws parabiash alla den borw
na soy pw me sigoyria: "sthn pempth paragrafo, sth deyterh protash leei oti
sto firmware prepei na baineis me root alliws einai parabiash." Mia apo
tis eleytheries ths GPL [*] einai na boreis na trexeis to programma gia
opoiodhpote skopo (i.e na beis ws root). Xwria to basiko peri source.

Proteinw na synta3oyme (synta3eis) ena keimenaki sta Agglika me to ti kanei
akribws ayto to firmware - px. den exei source, den trexei root wste na
to e3etaseis , ti soy exoyn apanthsei kai fysika an yparxei anafora sth
GPL kai desmeysh gia apostolh toy kwdika estw kai taxydromika kapoy sto
site sto opoio th dianemoyn.

Meta, kinoymaste analogws. To pio eykolo einai na symbibastoyn kai na
dwsoyn ton kwdika. Pisteyw pws an exoyn adiko, de tha thelhsoyn
na emplakei to onoma kapoioy idrymatos sth diamaxh ayth (kai an oxi oi
idioi, oi arxes toy idrymatos)

Kleinw biastika, tha to parakoloythw, me endiaferei poly
To stelnoyme sth lista,

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html