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Weblog:   Is Linksys shirking the GPL? (Maybe not.)
Subject:   GCC Issues
Date:   2003-07-30 11:06:33
From:   rflicken
Response to: GCC Issues

You're probably right there. It would make more sense to go bug Broadcom. But it can't hurt to ask, can it?


I'm also encouraged by the fact that the chap who got a shell running on it did so using code I compiled using a standard GCC on a Cobalt Qube. There might still be a licensing question, but if code from the standard compiler runs on the WRT54G, that's a relief.
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  • GCC Issues
    2003-07-31 04:20:19  anonymous2 [Reply | View]

    Broadcom's under no obligation to release the mods to gcc except to their downstream users. According to RMS, use within a company does not constitute "distribution" in a sense that triggers the GPL. Linksys is also under no obligation to actually ask Broadcom for the source.
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