Re: 回覆: GL-740 support

Thu Dec 3 17:24:08 CET 2009

Hello Vic,

Since our last query about you releasing the code you have used under
GPL, you pointed you were willing to release it, but no evidence after
all this past time.

Is your company playing a game with us? Saying 'yes' and not doing anything?

Let me carbon copy now, gpl-violations.org legal list to know about
your affairs:

  This company, g-netbook[1] is using u-boot, linux kernel and GNU
application software (like busybox among others) to deliver their MIPS
based products, without giving the sources, clearly violating GPL
license.

  This company provide a way to do updates and keep an on-line
binary-only repository[2].

Please, Vic, free software community just want to see your code, not
to compete with you but to help you out improving your software (only
posible if sources are open). You have not had a negative argument,
but you just have done nothing at the moment, what are you waiting
for?

[1] http://g-netbook.com/
[2] Jonas Smedegaard's anathomy
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 09:50:44AM +0000, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar wrote:

    Using the browser, file:///proc/cmdline shows that the laptop has a
    serial console:

Same way can also (simpler than how I initially found it) reveal
access to upgrade server:

file:///etc/vannov/server.conf

Packages there are (according to file:///share/vannov/live_upgrade )
all applied except the latest VP140004.VP which contains new access
data for another account at same server.

A couple of php files at the root of the ftp server hints that the
update routines might have been intended to run at
http://www.g-netbook.com/ (instead of the bogus 192.168.1.248 ip).
There is a cPanel site at http://www.g-netbook.com:2082/ which is also
mentioned in the PHP files, but the update URLs seems to not exist at
the http server.

The data format of the files are same as Debian .deb, so can be
unpacked with command like "ar vx VP140004.VP".

Seems developed by a Simon M. Vannov <vannov.simon at gmail.com>.  One
user complains about access to differently labeld machine authored by
same Vannov: http://www.softwarelibrecr.org/node/711

I have now published machine contents and update-server packages here:
http://dr.jones.dk/~jonas/vannov/
**** Not working anymore, as this is also releasing binaries without source

MTD 4 is the active filesystem: "Vannov System Release 0.2.0
2008-11-23" according to /etc/vannov/version.txt. /dev/tty1 is
configured in /etc/inittab and it seems from
/etc/init.d/postinstall.sh that /dev/tty0 is administrative stdout and
/dev/tty1 is stdin.  /etc/init.d/rcS cleans /dev/ttyUSB* which
indicates that perhaps those admin TTYs are provided by a
USB-to-serial device.

MTD 3 is a busybox-only system: "vannov's filesystem recover system"
according to /usr/sbin/recover_system which is invoked from
/etc/init.d/rcS and after confirmation on /dev/tty1 erases MTD 4 and
applies /filesystem/vannov-linux-1.0.tar.bz2 - containing a full
duplicate of the current contents of MTD 4.

MTD 0-2 fails to mount as yaffs (MTD 3-4 use yaffs, not jffs2!), so
they probably contain bootloader, kernel and initramfs.  Help
extracting those would be much appreciated, as the initramfs can
probably tell about cheat codes and perhaps more user-friendly ways to
get access than invoking telnetd through epdfview.

I tried Hector's referenced dd'ing of mtdblock devices but they all
turned out empty (and not only because I don't have yaffs to remount
again at the other end: gzip compression of the dumps were
suspiciously effective!).

/etc/passwd on MTD 3 contains accounts with fullname "added by portage
for dbus" and "added by portage for hal", hinting about the origin of
that part being Gentoo.

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2009/9/30 Vic at GNB <vic at g-netbook.com>:
> Great to receiving email from you. let me talk to my team and get back to
> you soon after 7 days long holiday in China.
>
> I would really like to know more idea from the possibility that how we can
> cooperate with your group? would you mind to introduce more about your
> group, team or members...etc.
>
> Look forward to hearing more from you soon, thank you so much for your
> inquiry!
>
> B. Regards,
>
> Vic Lee
> E.V.P.
> G-Soft Shenzhen Electronics Co., Ltd.
> TEL: +86 755 82910057  FAX: 82910067
>
> KINGYUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
> TEL: +886 2 8797-5899   FAX: 8797-3030
> No. 52, Lane 188, Ruiguang Rd., Neihu Dist,11491 Taipei City R.O.C
>
> Voice TW: +886 910-391766
> CN: +86 134 2379 0077
> SKYPE: tv0827
> MSN: viclee777 at hotmail.com
> www.G-netbook.com----- 原始郵件----- 寄件者: "Hector Oron" <hector.oron at gmail.com>
> 收件者: <sales at g-netbook.com>
> 副本: "Aníbal Monsalve Salazar" <anibal at debian.org>; "Andrew Lee"
> <ajqlee at debian.org>; <js at debian.org>
> 傳送日期: 2009年9月29日 下午 04:37
> 主旨: GL-740 support
>
>
> Hello mister,
>
>  A group of developers have bought your netbook GL-740, we'd be glad
> to ccoperate with you developing for the netbook, but we have found
> that, there is no access to a shell in system. You also do not provide
> source code, nor patches to mainline code to be able to work on the
> device.
>
>  Would you mind to share, bootloader, kernel and rootfs source code
> as GPL license states?  What about accesing a terminal (shell) in the
> netbook, is it posible?
>
>  We would be interested on running Debian[1] distribution in your device.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> [1] http://www.debian.org
> --
> Héctor Orón
>

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