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. <br>
<br>Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Chris McCracken <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chrismc@ozarkmountain.net">chrismc@ozarkmountain.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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?<br>
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<br>-Chris</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 08:50, Chris McCracken <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chrismc@ozarkmountain.net" target="_blank">chrismc@ozarkmountain.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<br><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">Dear Chris,
<br><br>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.
<br><br>Regards,
<br>HTC Support<br></blockquote><div><div></div><div>
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