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Old 06-06-2012, 05:14 AM   #577
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Device: Onyx Boox M92
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Originally Posted by Booxtor View Post
Concerning *.S files - why do you need the assembler files (just out of sheer curiosity) ?
(Answering for myself, and not the original autor)

Three reasons:
  • legal reason: the Linux kernel is licensed under the GPLv2, so you have to provide integral source code;
  • ethical reason: you should contribute back to the community that gave you the code in the first place;
  • technical reason: you simply can't compile a working kernel for the device without them.

Hope someone at Onyx understands this before I go through all the reverse engineering work or the FSF gets involved.
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