LG violates gpl? take 2

[Luca Olivetti]

En/na Luca Olivetti ha escrit:

> 
>> You requested the source code to opensource at lge dot com as I know. 
>> You can receive the way to access our system and download the source 
>> code. 
> 
> Yes, I received your message and replied with the requested data, but I 
> wonder why you don't simply put the sources on a publicly accessible 
> ftp/web server, like many other manufacturers are doing: since anybody 
> is entitled to redistribute the sources anyways, keeping them under 
> wraps can only generate the kind of problems I had.

Ok, I downloaded the sources and the toolchain, but I still think there 
are some problems:

1) the driver for bluetooth_lge is provided only in binary form 
(bt_usb.lgko). Since it's linked in the kernel I think it should be 
provided in source form.

2) The kernel builds[*] but I cannot produce a kernel image 
corresponding to the image running in my tv: the image in the firmware 
is 2176399 bytes and the uImage resulting from the compilation is 
2166241. Either this is a different kernel, a different 
configuration[**] or a different set of tools.

[*] apart from various warnings, there are many 
"CONFIG_MSTAR_TITANIA_BD_something not defined" messages regardless of 
the configuration used.

[**] I tried all the supplied configurations, though I think that, being 
my set a plasma tv, the correct one should be config-flash-pdp

3) No tool is provided to create an installable firmware image. I know 
that the firmware contains non-gpl parts, but those can be provided in 
binary form.

Bye
-- 
Luca