possible violation of GPL by Philips ...

[David Purdy]

Greetings,

After some discussions regarding NAS hardware, it has come to my attention that Philips (  Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V in The Netherlands ) may not be complying with GPL standards.

The device in question is a NAS (network attached storage) unit called the SPD8020.  

Its product page is here http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/en/gb/consumer/cc/_productid_SPD8020CC_05_GB_CONSUMER/External-Hard-Disk+SPD8020CC-05   

It is sold in much of Europe, including the UK, Germany, The Netherlands and many other countries.

Currently, it appears that there is no source posted on any of the related web pages, and no mention of GPL or sources in the User Manual.

It appears to be running a Linux 2.6.12.6  kernel built on the CodeSourcery toolchain, a standard for Marvell Orion5x and similar board-based devices.  It also seems to be running Samba.    Its bootloader appears to be based on UBoot 1.1.4.

What sort of compelling evidence is required in such a situation to make a strong case?  Just an email trail and the link above?

Thank you,

paw