I first thought of forwarding this straight to Linus, but perhaps
linux-kernel is more appropriate.
Of course, Microworkz would at most be required to give at least a
written offer to get the source code only to those actually buying an
iToaster. They are not in the least required to put the stuff up for
ftp or offer it separately. Keep this in mind before writing to them.
And it might be a good idea if this was first discussed in
linux-kernel, and then a single person (preferably Linus) would write
Microworkz instead of them getting a mass mail attack.
David Kastrup Phone: +49-234-700-5570
Email: dak@neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Fax: +49-234-709-4209
Institut für Neuroinformatik, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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Hello,
There's an article linked by Linux Today at
http://LinuxToday/stories/7027.html which describes
the iToaster as having an OS which is a melange of
Linux and BeOS. I called Microworkz, which confirmed
that at least part of the OS comes from Linux code.
When I asked when and where the source code to those
parts of the OS would be available, I was told that
Microwerkz considers the whole OS to be proprietary,
and that they would not be releasing any source code.
They said that anyone desiring more info on this,
should write to sales@microworkz.com.
This appears to be a flagrant violation of the GPL,
but I am certainly not qualified to follow up on it.
If anybody has any more info, I'd appreciate being
kept informed of what is up with this.
TIA,
Simon Hill (simon@metasystema.org)
http://www.metasystema.org
http://www.ibisbooks.com
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