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

Matthias Bock bockmatthias at gmx.net
Thu Feb 18 15:42:36 CET 2010


Hi,

yes, I have read also, that it is a switching utility. Since the
device is capable of receiving terrestrial television (DVB-T) too,
I was hoping, HWActivator would somehow be able to switch the device
from modem to television mode or provide a hint, how to do it.
Television is currently not working,
that's one of the reasons, I need the source.

BTW: What do you mean by the modem's "CD mode" ?

To answear Neil's question, why I suspect it to use GPL'ed software:
There are several occurences of the word "GNU" and "Debian" in the file.
I know, that's poor evidence. I'm not an expert.
That's all I can say about this.
But when T-Mobile and Huawei do not want to provide any source code,
why would they attach a GPL license text to the program ?
=> Because they are forced to put it ?
As I said: Maybe. That's how I came to this suspicion.

Regards,
Mat




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