product listed here is subject to being legally ordered to cease and desist
distribution for violation of copyright law, and the distributor of each
product is subject to being sued for statutory copyright infringement damages
-plus legal fees. Nobody wants to be sued, and <a
-href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik</a> certainly has better things to do
-than sue people. But he will sue if forced to do so to maintain compliance.
+of up to $150,000 per work plus legal fees. Nobody wants to be sued, and <a
+href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik</a> certainly would prefer to spend
+his time doing better things than sue people. But he will sue if forced to
+do so to maintain compliance.
+
+<p>
+
Do everyone a favor and don't break the law -- if you use busybox, comply with
the busybox license by releasing the source code with your product.
<li><a href="http://www.trittontechnologies.com/products.html">Tritton Technologies NAS120</a>
<br>see <a href="http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0404.0/1611.html">here for details</a>
- <li><a href="http://www.acronis.com/products/partitionexpert/">Acronis PartitionExpert 2003</a>
- <br>includes a heavily modified BusyBox v0.60.5 with no source
- and no offer for source on their website. Some other Acronis
- products have also been reported as being in violation.
<li><a href="http://www.macsense.com/product/homepod/">Macsense HomePod</a>
<br>with details
<a href="http://developer.gloolabs.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forums&file=viewtopic&topic=123&forum=7">here</a>
- <li><a href="http://www.actiontec.com/products/broadband/54mbps_wireless_gateway_1p/index.html">ActionTec GT701-WG Wireless Gateway/DSL Modem</a>
- <br>appears to be running BusyBox v0.61.pre, built Jan 09, 2004, but the accompanying
- CD and documentation do not mention BusyBox, nor the GPL, and no source code is mentioned
- or offered on their website.
<li><a href="http://www.cpx.com/products.asp?c=Wireless+Products">Compex Wireless Products</a>
<br>appears to be running v0.60.5 with Linux version 2.4.20-uc0 on ColdFire,
but no source code is mentioned or offered.
<li><a href="http://www.trendware.com/products/TEW-410APB.htm">TRENDnet TEW-410APB</a>
</li><li><a href="http://www.hauppauge.com/Pages/products/data_mediamvp.html">Hauppauge Media MVP</a>
<br>Hauppauge contacted me on 16 Dec 2003, and claims to be working on resolving this problem.
- </li><li><a href="http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=201522&pcount=&Product_Id=136493">Belkin 54g Wireless DSL/Cable Gateway Router</a>
- </li><li><a href="http://www.usr.com/">U.S. Robotics Sureconnect 4-port ADSL router</a>
</li><li><a href="http://www.hitex.com/download/adescom/data/">TriCore</a>
</li><li><a href="http://www.allnet.de/">ALLNET 0186 wireless router</a>
</li><li><a href="http://www.dmmtv.com/">Dreambox DM7000S DVB Satellite Receiver</a>
</li><li><a href="http://www.vinc.us/">Bravo DVD players using the Sigma Designs EM8500</a>
</li><li><a href="http://www.hb-direct.com/">H&B DX3110 Divx player based on Sigma Designs EM8500</a>
</li><li><a href="http://www.recospa.it/mdpro1/index.php">United *DVX4066 mpeg4 capable DVD players</a>
+ </li><li><a href="http://www.a-link.com/RR64AP.html">Avaks alink Roadrunner 64</a>
+ <br> Partial source available, based on source distributed under NDA from <a href="http://www.lsilogic.com/products/dsl_platform_solutions/hb_linuxr2_2.html"> LSILogic</a>. Why the NDA LSILogic, what are you hiding ?
+ <br>To verify the Avaks infrigment see my slashdot <a href="http://slashdot.org/~bug1/journal/">journal</a>.
</li><li>Undoubtedly there are others... Please report them so we can shame them (or if necessary sue them) into compliance.
</ul>
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