well, check out
http://gpl-violations.org/faq/sourcecode-faq.html
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Please note that this is of special practical importance in the case of embedded devices, since the executable program(s) need to be somehow installed onto the device. If the user is not given a way to install his own (modified) versions of the program, he has no way of exercising his freedom to run modified versions of the program.
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I guess this translates into a GPL violation in case they offer no software to flash the iliad.
I really hope (for them) that there will be a flash utility, so i'll be the only one who had to pay for this basic service. But, at the moment, a running iliad in the hand is better then a GPL violation on the roof. (Or what's the right way to express this?)
The GPL is really viral, when i come to think about this...