T-Mobile doesn't provide the source of web'n'walk-Box Linux Driver

[Thomas Charron]

  Refer to http://www.fk21.co.uk/cgi-bin/fk21.cgi?sub=tmobile for a
general idea on how you might be able to work.  Note, however, that HW
Activator is a utility front end to the actual modem driver.

  Oh, and it WAS all provided on the CD-ROM that came with it.

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=29791

  Thomas

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Matthias Bock <bockmatthias at gmx.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> T-Mobile is selling different USB-UMTS-Modems, they call
> "web'n'walk-Boxes". A Linux Driver called "HWActivator"
> is provided in the internal memory of the device and on
> the driver CD-ROM.
>
> For some reasons this driver doesn't work on my computer,
> so I wanted to have a look at the source code.
> A file named "copying" is present in the driver's
> directory/zip-archive, containing the GNU GPL v2 License Text.
> I concluded, the source code would be available on
> T-Mobile's web site, but it is not, and the support
> center refuses to provide it.
> They argue, that the program is not licensed under the GPL.
>
> In fact, I can not find a statement explicitely saying
> something like "HWActivator is licensed under the
> GNU GPL license, which you can find in the file copying".
> As far as I can judge, HWActivator is nevertheless obviously
> GPL'ed (maybe because it is derived from other GPL'ed software?).
>
> What's the legal situation ?
> Do I have the right to insist on getting the source code ?
>
> Regards, Mat
>
>
>



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-- Thomas