Possible violation for packeteer

[Renaud Allard]

Renaud Allard wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have had the opportunity to open a packeteer
> (http://www.packeteer.com) packetshaper 1700 appliance. I haven't seen
> any offer of source code or source code itself in the printed docs, on
> their website or on the CD delivered with the appliance. Neither did I
> see any reference to the GPL.
> 
> When mounting the second flash card found in the machine, I was able to
> find a file called "vmlinuz".
> The command "strings vmlinuz | grep 2.6" returned me
> "2.6.9-1.667.root-jc (root at Packeteer) #17 Mon Sep 26 18:13:07 PDT 2005"
> The command "strings /mnt/vmlinuz | grep linux" returned me "linux:
> fatal error: A20 gate not responding!"
> 
> They also ship grub on their appliance.
> 
> Best Regards

Here is an answer I received from packeteer.com after asking for their
source code. This seems now very clear they are infringing GPL and
trying to hide they are using linux.

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Response (Leon Wang) - 04/28/2007 03:17 PM
Hi Renaud,
  Thanks for contacting us at Packeteer.  Our PS product line is not
Linux or Unix based.
  Please let me know if you need additional information.  Thanks,

  Leon.

Customer (Renaud Allard) - 04/28/2007 12:04 AM
Hello,

I'd like to obtain the source code for the linux kernel you distribute
with your packeteer packetshaper 1700. Could you point me to a link on
your website which contains these sources?

Thank you
Best Regards
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