Re: possible GPL violation by Sigma Designs

[Alan Cox]

On Llu, 2003-09-08 at 02:49, Torgeir Veimo wrote:
> The Sigma Designs EM8500 is apparently a combined mpeg4 decoder and RISC
> processor. I'd assume that they would be required to release source code
> on request for their kernel, even if the code is executed on the EM8500
> directly, as opposed being controller by a kernel driver running on a
> separate processor?

If the EM8500 is running a linux kernel then they need to state that
provide the offer of source code or provide the source and obey the GPL.
I'd suspect if it runs Linux on the 8500 it runs Linux + apps and the
interesting DVD stuff is the apps not the kernel however 8)


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