On Thursday 28 September 2006 22:07, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
On Wednesday 27 September 2006 07:39, jtd wrote:
My guess is Wipro, I am no expert in licenses. All most all ADSL (router, modem etc) manufactured by Dlink, Linksys, Netcomm, Actiontec are using Embedded Linux. Are they suppose to give source code too?
Absolutely. Without exception.
I'm not so sure about this. They are free not to include the source with the distribution as long as they give a written offer to the user to send the source for the price of the media ( and shipping? ). Which means they must give you the source if you are a user of that software _and_ you ask them for it.
Correct. Even if there is no written offer and u buy a device / media with binaries, u are entitled to one copy of the source on demand. However many point you to sources on the web, which, although not strictly (afaik) within the licence requirements, is acceptable. If the original source is mangled, the upstream supplier has to offer the source of the mangled version.