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Old 09-21-2009, 05:03 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by Godzil View Post
Find me the arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/pm.c file, that IS a GPL file, and is only provided as a .o file in the kernel tree... and there is not the only GPL c file that is missing inside their source files. Bookeen may have some problem with this long time ago, but it's not the case now. They explained why they weren't able to provide the source code at the time: they hadn't have it.

And where is uboot ? where is busybox ? whereis fbreader ?
That is some weird logic: If Pocketbook does not deliver all required source files it's a violation of the GPL. If Bookeen does not deliver all required files it's not a violation because they said they would like to but can't as the source is held by someone else.

Compliance with the GPL does not mean you deliver what you want to and if you don't have it ready in your office then you may just skip those parts. It means it's your responsibility to either deliver *all* source code required by the GPL or make your supplier deliver the parts you don't have direct access to. And if you can't comply you're not allowed to use/sell/deliver the software in violation of the GPL. If we weren't talking about GPL here but about patent infringement the situation would be rather easy: Either you get your stuff to work out juristically or you get sued to kingdom come...
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