Yet another Broadcom 63xx manufacturer potentially violating GPL

[Loic Dachary]

Matthew Flaschen writes:
 > IANAL (I am not a lawyer), but I was around for one of these discussions 
 > (Freebox, I think).  If I recall, their defense was not that they had to 
 > protect their network.  Rather, they claimed they maintained ownership 
 > of the boxes, and were only placing them at the client sites.  This 

        Correct.

 > seemed dubious to me, because IIRC they were not charging rental fees, 
 > but rather just the ordinary setup costs.

        Not even this much. They claim to install this "network
termination" in the client home at no cost.

        I'm inclined to think it's time for action. On three fronts :
France Telecom (LiveBox), Cegetel (NeufBox), Free (FreeBox).

        Cheers,

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