WRT54G

From: Aiko Barz (aiko_at_chroot.de)
Date: 09/19/04

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    Hi there!

    It's the wrt54g subject again...
    I'm mirroring the Sveasoft-firmware, which was published under the
    terms of "GPL". At least Sveasoft said that. Of course, many drivers
    are closed. And others look like this:
     * This is UNPUBLISHED PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODE of Broadcom Corporation;
    Since those drivers are kept outside the kernel-tree it might be
    allright with the GPL.

    Now, wind changed quite a bit: Sveasoft wants money for their
    firmware. (It's ok with me.) Sveasoft actually sells the code. You
    only get a copy if you are a registered, paying Sveasoft-user. This
    also covers the GPL-part.

    This site http://www.linksys.com/support/gpl.asp also implies, that i
    can redistribute those drivers and firmwares. But it is the same
    problem with them. Those wrt54g-firmwares also contain non-GPL
    sourcecodes and binaries.

    Sveasoft is hunting down mirrorsites right now. Of course, they want
    to earn some money. So i'm not sure what I should do next?!
    Going down or asking for the rest of the code?

    Bis denne,
            Aiko 

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