GPL Violation(s) Realtek 1073 SoC

[Armijn Hemel]

On 06/15/2011 02:18 PM, Oliver Schinagl wrote:
> Interesting to find you here :D
>
> Well realtek doesn't supply the GPL-ed SDK, or parts that should be. In
> your slides you speak of statically linked kernel modules I think, or
> atleast, I belive they do that and other such nicenesses.

The problem is that once an error slips into an SDK it will stay around 
for many years. Chipset vendors like Realtek supply to the companies 
that make the devices. Getting these companies to update to later 
versions is very difficult. Once there is a working solution/product, 
they'll just grab that one everytime a customer asks for it, often 
without applying updates to fix mistakes (either licensing or security). 
Applying fixes costs money and margins are really tight in this market, 
so there is no incentive for these companies to apply these fixes, which 
is sad.

armijn

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