
Initio Violating the GPL?
In potentially one of the first direct attacks against the GPL, we received
the following from yacc:
"I've been wondering about INITIO 9400UW support
for Linux (the idea is cool: 4 UW-SCSI channels on
one PCI card). In looking around, I've found the
following page, which offers a 2.1.x Linux kernel zImage binary
only, requiring you to sign an
NDA. Just wondering how this
can happen, and whom to contact to correct this problem? (I'mean, a binary only module would be not much better, but at least legal, right?)"
S: Unlike a company
using GPL'd software internally this qualifies as external distribution
and must be accompanied by source as I understand it. It is
unclear whether they intend to release source code eventually
or not given that they
have released source code previously, but never-the-less they would still be
in violation of the GPL. update: Just got an e-mail from
a Paul Peissner at Initio who will force the issue to be addressed
at a meeting at 1:30pm Pacific Standard Time. Update 2:
Apparently this was a mistake due to a new web admin. Source
should be posted shortly, and Initio would like you to report
any bugs/patches to them as they are the maintainers. Business
as usual. Final Update Source code is now posted. Thanks,
Initio.
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