Re: [gNewSense-users] bug #135

[Karl Goetz]

On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 17:38 -0400, Kevin Dean wrote:
> I got a responce today from Ericsson, the company that holds the
> copyright to this driver. Essentially, they said it's not GPL. I've
> added a note to bug #135 reflecting this.
> 
> It's is without a doubt, non-free and should be removed.
> 
> -Kevin

hi mate,
thanks for looking into this.
do you have an email/contact thta can be referenced about this? i was
going to update our ubuntu bug, but realised 'i got told' sounds a
bit ... unreliable :)
kk
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/201680


> 
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 8:10 PM, Kevin Dean <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> >  That said, despite the license, I've contacted Ericsson's USA
> >  headquarters for clarification: Will Ericsson honor the GPL by
> >  releasing corresponding source or restrict users by not releasing the
> >  source. I doubt it will get a responce but it's been sent.
> 
> 
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Karl Goetz,
Debian user / Ubuntu contributor / gNewSense contributor
http://www.kgoetz.id.au

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