Linux kernel on HTC Hero Android phone (CDMA/US-Spec)

[Chris DiBona]

I think your email comes off as pretty angry. HTC has been slow to put up a
mirror, but you haven't looking into letter of the license documentation
compliance (which if you visit about -> legal in the phone menu should be
there) I also think that maybe they need to learn how to be faster about
this kind of thing, but to assume this comes from a malicious intent seems
misguided and only serves to drive people away from using gpl'd components
in their software.

Chris

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Chris McCracken
<chrismc at ozarkmountain.net>wrote:

> So, assuming that HTC intends to completely ignore GPL source requests
> (which looks more likely by the day), is there *realistically* anything that
> can be done or does the big guy on the block just "get away with" violating
> the GPL until a kernel developer takes legal action?  Its too bad we didn't
> have a planted reporter at their recent Nexus One press conference where we
> could have put their CEO on the spot in front of a big audience.  What does
> it take to get their attention and to have them take this seriously? At what
> point does one give up and accept that they can just take whatever OSS code
> they please, licensing be damned?
>
> -Chris
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 08:50, Chris McCracken <chrismc at ozarkmountain.net>wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear Chris,
>>>
>>> I have forwarded your information as I stated previously. I can not give
>>> out information of anyone in this company nor can I give you a timeline as
>>> to when your request may be answered. All I can do is what I have previously
>>> done and will do again and escalate your request. Thank you for your
>>> understanding in this matter.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> HTC Support
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>


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