ASUS Violation?

Armijn Hemel armijn at uulug.nl
Sat Sep 30 00:32:33 CEST 2006


On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 02:12:20PM -0800, Joshua J. Kugler wrote:

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> > Indeed, the website does not provide the source code for the Premium. On
> > the other hand, i haven't found any firmware for the Premium on the web
> > site. In that case, there's no distribution and thus no violation.
> 
> The firmware is here:
> http://support.asus.com/download/download_item.aspx?product=11&model=WL-500gP&SLanguage=en-us
> 
> You go to their download section, and selection the WL-500gP, and it will 
> present you with download options.
> 
> Further digging reveals they do have the source code for the 1.9.6.9 version, 
> but don't have the 1.9.7.0 version up yet.  Click on "All" at the previous 
> URL to see all downloads.
> 
> So, I guess it was a false call on my part.  I apologize.

No need to apologize, there is no source code for 1.9.7.0, so it definitely
smells like a violation.

armijn

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