In addendum:
If Kai's code was licenced under the GPL by him, then it's GPL. (The commercial rider is invalid whether he or someone else added it).
If he licenced it without GPL (and someone else stuck a GPL boiler plate on it) then he has a valid complaint.
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- Thu May 20, 2021 9:21 am
- Forum: General discussions
- Topic: Recent versions of firmware will be removed
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- Thu May 20, 2021 9:17 am
- Forum: General discussions
- Topic: Recent versions of firmware will be removed
- Replies: 100
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Re: Recent versions of firmware will be removed
Thanks for the reply! The GNU project (authors of GPL) do indeed confirm that position: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#NoMilitary Specifically: ------------- I'd like to license my code under the GPL, but I'd also like to make it clear that it can't be used for military and/or commerci...
- Wed May 19, 2021 3:23 pm
- Forum: General discussions
- Topic: Recent versions of firmware will be removed
- Replies: 100
- Views: 53790
Re: Recent versions of firmware will be removed
Actually, having thought about this further, the GPL might not be the specific issue with this. Provided you provide the code and all the other chunks/tools/linker scripts etc needed to reproduce the binary representation you distributed (including the binary chunk from the official firmware), then ...
- Wed May 19, 2021 3:15 pm
- Forum: General discussions
- Topic: Recent versions of firmware will be removed
- Replies: 100
- Views: 53790
Re: Recent versions of firmware will be removed
This entire argument is a bit bizarre. GPL is a great licence here, and there is one key reason why. Let's imagine a commercial company comes along, uses the firmware commercially, adds encryption, SMS and a bunch of other features, and wraps it up in a radio they charge $$$ for. Sounds bad, all the...