storex manufacturer and gpl violation

[Nicolas Sauzede]

Hubert Figuiere a écrit :
> On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 00:47 +0100, Nicolas Sauzede wrote:
>   
>> What can we do in this case ?
>> Do you think that, as they are selling a product which contains free 
>> software from a manufacturer such Broadcom, then they are supposed to 
>> provide the source code themselves or should we only ask broadcom to
>> do so ?
>>     
>
> You ask to whom distributed you the "code", ie, in that case, Storex.
> Whether Broadcom is involved or not is not your issue. Whether Broadcom
> didn't provide Storex with the source code is NOT an excuse for Storex
> to not fulfil the requirement of the GPL.
>
> Since there is BusyBox and Samba, contact the respective projects.
>
> Hub
>
>
>   

Ok; and concerning linux ? linux is protected by the GPL, isn't it ?
Aren't they supposed to provide me with the source code of the binary 
MIPS kernel
that is running on their product ?