Amaury Jacquot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 05:59 -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > Amaury Jacquot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 
> > > hi guys
> > > was looking through via arena, and found this file :
> > > 
> > > http://www.viaarena.com/guides/WinCE/fastboot%20v2.03.zip
> > > 
> > > problem is, running
> > > 
> > > strings */BIOS_*.BIN | grep inux
> > > 
> > > gives 2 mentions of LinuxBios for each binary bios file, which makes the
> > > whole thing suspect...
> > > 
> > > should via be hit with some GPL cluestick ?
> > 
> > Have you asked them for the code?
> 
> no, I haven't... shouldn't it be readily available from the download
> page at http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?
> PageID=22&DSCat=41&DCatType=3 where the files are pointed from ?

The GPL is not quite that demanding.  But it comes close.

Anyway it is best to start with giving companies the benefit
of the doubt.  It may be they just forgot, or you did not
see it.

If they actually refuse the code that is a separate issue entirely.


Eric
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