storex manufacturer and gpl violation
Nicolas Sauzede
nsauzede at laposte.net
Sun Oct 26 00:09:10 CEST 2008
Hi.
I have a problem of gpl violation with a french manufacturer that
builds/sells network hard drives (san) and other appliances.
Basically they are running a mips linux with open source programs like
busybox, etc.. embedded in a flash storage.
Their website does not provide any gpl program sources, like the kernel,
modified applications etc..
I contacted many times asking them to provide the sources, without success.
In short their answer is : it's broadcom fault, that refuses to provide
kernel sources, and that, because their is an open telnet server
running on the san, we can access "everything that is needed in the
TELNET".
Clearly, this is not a valid technical answer.
It is true that there is an open telnet access (with root access)
but then, (of course) no trace of source code resides on the flash
filesystem.
So clearly, we have a gpl violation here.
What can we do ?
Here is their english homepage :
http://www.storex.fr/storex/accueil.asp?change_lang=EN
Thanks for your support,
NS.
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