Re: [NTLK] FW: Fwd: Hacked WiFi driver

From: Dale Raby <daleraby_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun Jan 07 2007 - 17:58:29 EST

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>
> From what I recall, it's based on open source linux drivers, so there
> are ethics issues as to how it was sold in the first place.
>
This being the case, there is nothing preventing anyone from selling the
software. I paid good money for more than one Linux distro that was less
than useless. If, however, open source code is used in a project, then the
source code is required by GPL to be released, at least, that is how I
understand it. If it wasn't, then there are legal issues for Linus Torvalds
to tackle. I seriously doubt that he will, though.

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