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reply to richk_1957

Re: Somebody's getting to big for their britches

I realize that the GPL allows you to charge for support of a product, but not for the product itself - I can see & agree with that.

The links you sent »www.liksysinfo.com come up with a 'page not found' [I tried www.linksysinfo.com and it didn't work either]

Thanks

It's linksysinfo.org

reply to jkonrad
(Disclaimer): Before the mod decides to shut down this thread please note that the following is intended to provide clarification and is no way intended to defame any persons or parties:

Is Sveasoft not in violation of GPL since they don't distribute the binaries and the source code together? I don't see the source code with the Satori Firmware distribution.

Also isn't the Sveasoft firmware based on the original Linksys source code available on the Linksys site - or did he develop his own from scratch. If it is based on the Linksys source code then he must release any modified source code to the public since it wasn't his from scratch.

Any clarifications would be helpful since it is not possible to get any info from the Sveasoft site anymore.

reply to viper54g
Again, thank you

reply to kkapoor
Sveasoft firmware is based on the Linksys GPL code. You *could* find the Satori4 firmware and source code on sveasoft.com

But now you can't (as non subscriber) download anything anymore from sveasoft.com

On linksysinfo.org you can find the binairies, but not the source code. It is also unlikely that many people have the bandwidth to host the Satori4 source code.

And likely I think that there will not be anymore *free* firmwares from sveasoft

In that case then Linksysinfo is not allowed to distribute the Satori firmware without also hosting the source code. This is in violation of the GPL.

This is the same thing that Sveasoft was accusing 'that other guy', who had posted the Alchemy firmware, of doing. (i.e. Distributing the Alchemy firmware without the source code)

This seems completely duplicitous to me.

These are the criteria that need to be met for a GPL distribution:

* Does the distribution contain a copy of the License?
* Does it clearly state which software is covered by the License? Does it say anything misleading, perhaps giving the impression that something is covered by the License when in fact it is not?
* Is source code included in the distribution?
* Is a written offer for source code included with a distribution of just binaries?
* Is the available source code complete, or is it designed for linking in other non-free modules?

reply to kkapoor
imo they need to have the source code on »www.Linksysinfo.com, but what do I know

reply to kkapoor

said by kkapoor:

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In that case then Linksysinfo is not allowed to distribute the Satori firmware without also hosting the source code. This is in violation of the GPL.

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if you get your facts right linksysinfo doesn't distribute it we link firmware downloads to another site i'll link the source code if you link but that will only be on the same source as sveasofts hahaha

Part of quote removed. ~sorto'

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Hey, there is no need to get nasty. If you read my posts, I was seeking clarifications and trying to provide information based on the actual GPL license. It was not a designed as a criticism of your site. Your site provides an excellent service.

This is exactly the kind of nonconstructive reaction that we don't require in the open source community.

Please keep personal attacks out of the threads.