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Wed, 27 Apr 2005
Belkin still not in full GPL compliance

Belkin seems to be one of the hardest cases we've had so far. It always seems like they're now in compliance, but then something else happens or a new fact appears, and the whole story starts all over again.

Their firmware is compiled with a modified version of gcc-3.2.3 ("Broadcom modifications"). Thus, they need to ship that modified version of the gcc, which is what Belkin now does. However, gcc itself is again GPL licensed, and they need to provide the full corresponding source code of gcc, including any 'Broadcom modifications', too.

It's not really our job to look for every piece of code they release and check it thoroughly for license compliance. It's their job.

Btw, Linksys seems to have similar issues, too.

When will they ever get it?

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