From sintonen@iki.fi Fri Jun 16 14:05:49 2006 Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:05:48 +0300 (EEST) From: Harry Sintonen To: support@billion.com Subject: Request to comply with the GPL: Billion BiGuard 2, BiGuard 10 and BiGuard 30 firmware source code Hello In accordance with section 3 of the GNU General Public License, I hereby request that you comply with the license and provide me with the full source code for the firmware of Billion models BiGuard 2, BiGuard 10 and BiGuard 30. While there is nothing wrong with using GPL licensed software in your commercial products, it is only permitted under certain obligations, such as passing on the license agreement, and making available the full corresponding source code. Detailed evidence of the use of the GPL components in the firmware is available at: http://www.iki.fi/sintonen/telewell_gpl/ in particular http://www.iki.fi/sintonen/telewell_gpl/gpl_components_in_firmware2.txt While the example prodedure is performed on Telewell firmware, it also applies to at least Billion BiGuard 2, BiGuard 10 and BiGuard 30 firmwares. My understanding is that Telewell's are rebadged Billion devices. GNU General Public License is available at: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html I'm requesting full source code for the following binaries: http://60.248.77.180/_Internet/fd/BiGuard2_v105.zip http://60.248.77.180/_Internet/fd/BiGuard10_v105.zip http://60.248.77.180/_Internet/fd/BiGuard30_v105.zip Further, any future GPL firmwares should include the full source code, or the written offer for obtaining it. The best option would be to make the source code available using the same medium as the binaries. Please acknowledge this email by replying to it. This email, along with other related material will later be made available to the general public at: http://www.iki.fi/sintonen/telewell_gpl/ Best Regards, -- l=2001;main(i){float o,O,_,I,D;for(;O=I=l/571.-1.75,l;)for(putchar(--l%80? i:10),o=D=l%80*.05-2,i=31;_=O*O,O=2*o*O+I,o=o*o-_+D,o+_+_<4+D&i++<87;);puts (" Harry 'Piru' Sintonen http://www.iki.fi/sintonen");}