AVIP tech IP camera , GPL violation, Linux kernel

[Yannis Tsopokis]

I just recently bought some ip cameras from gsdspot. I was rather 
suspicious that those cameras run under Linux. After some search I 
didn't find any info about the OS of those cameras. These cameras are 
manufactured by avip technologies and distributed by gadspot. The do not 
mention anything about Linux or the GPL. I downloaded the firmware and 
after opening it in a Hex viewer I found the string "LinuxImage" at 
offset 0x50. I am looking forward to your actions!

Gadspot - http://www.gadspot.com/

GS1200 - ethernet ip cam - 
http://www.gadspot.com/product_info.php?products_id=56&osCsid=3e68fd1fc8e8057c3929b0b0abd4dac8

GS1200G - ethernet & wifi ip cam - 
http://www.gadspot.com/product_info.php?products_id=57&osCsid=3e68fd1fc8e8057c3929b0b0abd4dac8

AVIP Technologies - http://www.aviptek.com/

NC 1200 - http://www.aviptek.com/product%20nc1200.html
models: L10 (Ethernet / LAN)  &  W10 (Wireless / Wi-Fi)
firmwares:
http://www.aviptek.com/support-firmware.html
http://www.aviptek.com/dowmload%20firmware/NC%201200%20Firmware/C61200-LX-2.00.01-61002-A0.rar
http://www.aviptek.com/dowmload%20firmware/NC%201200%20Firmware/C61200-WX-2.00.01-61002-A0.rar





PS: after runnning strings against the firmware file (some of the output):

kernel BUG at %s:%d!
/home/roi/src/c61200/1002.release/kernel/linux-2.4.17_mvl21/include/linux/dcache.h
/home/roi/src/c61200/1002.release/kernel/linux-2.4.17_mvl21/include/linux/sched.h
  -- System halted
Uncompressing Linux...
  done, booting the kernel.