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[News] Netgear Responds to Accusations of Dishonouring the GPL

  • Subject: [News] Netgear Responds to Accusations of Dishonouring the GPL
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:27:58 +0100
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Netgear responds to open source concerns for WNR3500L router

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| âWith respect to the default firmware, 
| we have used our best efforts to comply 
| with and believe we have complied with 
| the applicable GPL requirements,â he 
| said. âNevertheless, we understand that 
| the open source community generally 
| takes exception when factory loaded 
| firmware written in Linux that is placed 
| on routers or other hardware includes 
| binary only kernel.â
`----

http://icrontic.com/news/netgear-responds-to-open-source-concerns-for-wnr3500l-router

WNR3500L - The debate on Open Source

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| We recently launched our 802.11n open 
| source platform, the WNR3500L. Many of 
| the feature requirements of the powerful 
| 802.11n open source platform came from 
| this online community and forum members 
| as we learned and fine tuned the 
| WNR3500L. Many of you contributed 
| heavily to the DD-WRT, OpenWRT and 
| Tomato builds and patches and have 
| already started custom building 
| applications on WNR3500L via the 
| Development Partner program.
`----

http://www.myopenrouter.com/forum/thread/14074/WNR3500L-The-debate-on-Open-Source/


Recent:

Netgear trying to fool their users with "Open Source Router"

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| Two days ago, Netgear has announced the so-called "Open
| Source" WNR3500L router, together with an equally "Open
| Source" MyOpenRouter community.
|
| The problem with this Open Source router is: It ships with
| binary-only kernel modules. Not only is this extremely
| Closed Source, but it also
|
|     * has very practical security implications: You can
|     never update your Linux kernel to get the latest
|     security fixes, but have to run vulnerable old kernel
|     versions
|     * is a very questionable legal practise. Netgear as
|     the vendor is simply relying on the fact that none of
|     the authors who have written parts of the kernel
|     against which their binary-only module links will ever
|     make copyright claims against them
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http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2009/10/07/#20091007-netgear_myopenrouter


Netgear router not open source, says coder

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| Networking company Netgear has been accused of breaking
| open-source licensing conditions, by shipping a Linux-
| based router without source code.
|
| The claims were made in a blog post on Wednesday by Harald
| Welte, Linux watchdog and developer.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39794643,00.htm


NETGEAR Launches Open Source WGR614L Wireless-G Router

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| NETGEAR launches Open Source edition of wireless-G router enabling Linux
| developers, geeks, hackers and enthusiasts to create Firmware for specialized
| applications
|
| Open Source Wireless-G Router (WGR614L) delivers higher processing power and
| more memory for a Wide Variety of customized applications. The product is
| supported by a dedicated and responsive open source community.
`----

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/wgr614l-wireless-g-router.html


Related:

Netgear betas open source NAS OS

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| Netgear is about to launch APIs for the operating system kernel that runs on
| its ReadyNAS devices.
|
| "They run on a linux kernel anyway and now we're in beta release with APIs so
| the geeks can hack away at it," said Netgear CEO Patrick Lo. He swears by the
| company's open source stance generally, arguing that last week's moves by
| high-end networking heavyweights Cisco and Juniper in the direction of
| opening up their router OSes validate Netgear's strategy.
`----

http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=CFA8662B-D291-40A2-BE16-67FDB01AE3A8


Linux-based NAS storage devices expand capacity

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| Netgear has introduced five Linux-based networked attached storage (NAS)
| products.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3943657768.html


Get yourself set up with screaming video

,----[ Quote ]
| At the heart of the EVA800 is the 200MHz Sigma Media processor which has
| multiple DSP cores and 128MB of DDR RAM. We're sure the OS behind it is a
| Linux flavour of sorts. You'll see why we've come to that astute conclusion
| later.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41617
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