GPL Violation Hammer Myshare N1200?

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ok, here is an update.

with the help of gotnas i created a script to access the rootfs 
directly....i called it simply extract.sh and it can be downloaded here:
http://downloads.nas-central.org/Users/mindbender/HAMMER_MYSHARE/extract.sh

ok....so anyone can extract the rootfs + kernel by executing this:

wget 
http://www.hammer-storage.com/downloads/software_updates/N1200_FW_V1-3-3.zip
wget 
http://downloads.nas-central.org/Users/mindbender/HAMMER_MYSHARE/extract.sh
chmod 755 extract.sh
unzip N1200_FW_V1-3-3.zip
./extract.sh

some info that i gathered:

~/HAMMER-NAS/img$ ls
backup_list  ROOTFS_FULL_EXTRACTED  rootfs_full.tar.gz.md5  uImage.md5
fw.ver       rootfs_full.tar.gz     uImage

~/HAMMER-NAS/img$ strings uImage|grep Linux
Linux-2.6.12.6-arm1
Uncompressing Linux...

~/HAMMER-NAS/img$ cd ROOTFS_FULL_EXTRACTED/
~/HAMMER-NAS/img/ROOTFS_FULL_EXTRACTED$ ls
bin         dev  home  linuxrc  opt   proto  sbin    tmp       usr  www
DataVolume  etc  lib   mnt      proc  root   shares  trustees  var

~/HAMMER-NAS/img/ROOTFS_FULL_EXTRACTED$ ls etc/
auto_mount_list  group        ld.so.cache     openssl.cnf   
rc.reboot           version
btn.poweroff     hostname     localtime       passwd        
rc.service_httpd    version.buildtime
cups             hosts        logrotate.conf  passwd-       
rc.service_network  vsftpd.conf
DSKPART          hosts.allow  model           php.ini       
resolv.conf         vsftpd.share_acl
eventtable.conf  hosts.deny   motd            port_http     
samba               wixevent.h
exports          inetd.conf   mtab            port_ssl      services
filesystems      init.d       network         printcap      services.skel
fw_desc          inittab      nsswitch.conf   rc.logrotate  sysconfig
fw_env.config    krb5.conf    ntpdate.conf    rc.poweroff   trustees.conf

~/HAMMER-NAS/img/ROOTFS_FULL_EXTRACTED$ ls etc/init.d/
rcH  S01auto_mountd  S40network     S60inetd  S90smbd       
S96wixalarm   S99sxminit  _SK85ntpdated
rcS  S10portmap      S55mini_httpd  S70cupsd  S95windbindd  
S98logrotate  _SK80nfsd

i have checked that at at least

/usr/bin/openssl
/lib/libssl.so.0.9.7
/usr/sbin/cupsd
/usr/sbin/smbd and /usr/sbin/nmbd
/sbin/vsftpd
/bin/busybox

are there....there are many more things, but hey, this is obvious.

They definitely violate the GPL if they do not release a GPL source 
package soon.

-- Markus



Stephen Hemminger schrieb:
> Check their web site for GPL and found this in the release notes...
> http://www.hammer-storage.com/downloads/NA-1400/NA-1400_Release_Notes_5.4.1.pdf
>
> Open Source Components
> Certain portions of the software included with the system are licensed under the terms of the most recent
> version of the GNU General Public License (GPL) and Lesser General Public License (LPGL), as
> published by the Free Software Foundation. If you desire the source code for these components, you
> may access them on the support Web site or request physical media (CD-ROM) through customer
> support. The media will be provided in exchange for a handling fee in keeping with the terms of the GPL.
> A copy of the GPL is available at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html.
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt. A copy of the LGPL is available at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt.
> Contacting Customer Support
> If you have questions, concerns, or need assistance, see the Technical Support contact information
> provided by your system supplier.
>
>
> But no source seems to be on the web site.
>
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