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Free hardware code a bad hack

Harald Welte, who runs GPL-Violations, has a new crusade. (Hat tip here to Heise Online, which alerted me to it. Danke, y'all.)Welte wants hardware makers to stop delivering bad freeware, and start delivering GPL-compliant code in their designs that is worthy of them.The German native wrote in his blog on...

Tags: hardware, GPL

Blog posts 2006-11-02

The GPL wins again

Fortinet has apparently settled the suit filed by Harald Welte earlier this month. Welte, who founded gpl-violations.org to bring vendors into compliance with the GPL, managed to get an injunction against Fortinet which banned the company from distributing products containing GPL'ed code. Now that the case with...

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Blog posts 2005-05-02

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Netgear slammed for doing the right thing

So Welte is a 30-something who thinks his $hit doesn't stink...big deal.Wow..."Harald Welte has more power than I do, power he has earned over many years with good works."Power? Is that something that makes him special? I doubt it. Is power something that impresses you Dana? I feel sorry for...

Tags: Chipsets, Routers & switches, Semiconductors, Network technology, Operating systems, Netgear Inc., open source, Linux, router, GPL, chipset, Torvalds

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

News to know: Apple updates; Google antitrust; SAP; Countrywide; Patch Tuesday

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Countrywide warning: Ex-employee may have sold customer, mortgage data Apple plugs gaping QuickTime security holes MS Patch Tuesday: 8 critical security holes patched ...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple iPod, Antitrust, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-09-10

Harald Welte gets a black eye

Harald Welte gets a black eyeSo, slow news week?Is this what IT journalists do in summer when there's nothing else to write about, try for personal attacks as space filler?

Tags: Harald Welte

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

Harald Welte gets a black eye

What it sounds like to me is that VIA gave this guy a job he couldn't do so they could show their proprietary partners it couldn't be done. I've been there before, and I sympathize. But it doesn't give me warm or fuzzy feelings. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: VIA Technologies Inc., Harald Welte, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Open Source, Hardware, Components, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-09

The power of open source celebrity

Thanks to his work with GPL Violations, celebrity found Harold Welte anyway. And now comes the reward. VIA Technologies, a Taiwanese chip maker, has made him its open source liaison. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: VIA Technologies Inc., Celebrity, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-28

How hard is it to violate the GPL?

I screwed up yesterday. (Picture from Boycott Novell.) After re-reading my piece, your comments, and the terms of both GPL licenses carefully, it's clear to me I underestimated how easy it is for enterprises to violate its terms. But it's not impossible. Far from...

Tags: GPL, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-19

The next frontier for GPL Violations

UPDATE: A new post on the same topic is above. To date the work of GPLViolations has been fairly non-controversial. By going after vendors who violate the GPL by incorporating enhanced code into non-GPL products, Harold Welte & Co. have won a ton of...

Tags: GPL, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-18

Can OpenMoko break the wireless monopoly?

Open source telephony takes a big step forward today as the OpenMoko neo1973 starts shipping to developers. Its public Wiki is also open for business.The phone runs an open Linux kernel and what it calls Mobile FOSS, meaning everything inside it is Free and Open Source Software. Parts were chosen based...

Tags: wireless, VOIP, telecom, mobile, Hardware, Government, General, FOSS, Development

Blog posts 2007-07-09

Are open source and copyright issues connected?

Are open source and copyright issues connected?ofcourse they are connectedOSS seems to always break copyright laws, patent laws. There were 289 or so known patent violations in Linux.CopywrongCopyrights are the bane of our time.Not only do they only profit a small, select group but they promote individuality as...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, OSS, open source, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2006-05-23

Will content companies avoid open source?

David Berlind recently described the Microsoft Windows Media Juggernaut as "unstoppable." I'm inclined to agree. Microsoft has a stake in every media sector that matters, and has spent years working on spreading support for its formats throughout the hardware industry. Though I can't say Microsoft has definitively won the race,...

Tags: open source

Blog posts 2005-05-26

Will content companies avoid open source?

David Berlind recently described the Microsoft Windows Media Juggernaut as "unstoppable." I'm inclined to agree. Microsoft has a stake in every media sector that matters, and has spent years working on spreading support for its formats throughout the hardware industry. Though I can't say Microsoft has definitively won the race,...

Tags: open source

Blog posts 2005-05-26

GPL legal controversy running on spin

GPL legal controversy running on spinI think you italicized...... the wrong part of the quote. This part:If Fortinet has to cease trading that's a good result for the GPL.is the more significant.The point I'd take is that the GPL, when it stands up in court, gives programmers control over...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, business model, GPL, proprietary software, software, C

Discussion threads 2005-04-22

GPL legal controversy running on spin

When a reporter calls with an angle, the temptation of an analyst to go along and get their name in the paper can be irresistible. That's how I read Red Monk analyst James Governor's comments to VNUNet this week, implying that the General Public License remains under legal threat.The quote...

Tags: GPL

Blog posts 2005-04-22

A devilish argument for open source

A devilish argument for open sourceLets turn this argument around.The US allows exports of proprietary software with backdoors in it so the NSA/CIA/FBI/Military can spy on foriegn nations. Since the app is closed source/proprietary the receiving nation would not be able to review the code for any holes that the...

Tags: open source, GPL, source code, software

Discussion threads 2005-03-18

GPL, not Linux violations found by Welte

GPL, not Linux violations found by WelteHow about Linux-GNU?GNU never caught on as a "marketing term" (probably the image of Stallman didn't help). Everyone flocks to the word "Linux", so lets call it Linux-GNU!Nah, just LinuxLinux, or a Linux distribution. Whilst Stallman wants his place in the sun (and probably...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, kernel, GNU/Linux system, GNU/Linux, Linux, GPL

Discussion threads 2005-03-17

GPL, not Linux violations found by Welte

Our own Stephen Shankland has a story out illustrating the continuing confusion over the word Linux. The story is that Harald Welte, who runs the GPL Violations Project, found 13 hardware companies at CeBIT who were violating the GPL of GNU-Linux by not releasing code based on it.'The GPL is...

Tags: GPL

Blog posts 2005-03-17

Open-source programmer alleges Linux misuse

Open-source programmer alleges Linux misuseWhy is not good enough to have the source online?I don't want the source when I buy a phone or wireless access point. If I need the source provide a place for me to get it and if I need it I will. Otherwise supplying the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL, Linux, source code, software

Discussion threads 2005-03-16

Taking the offensive - GPL-Violations.org

Doing my evening browsing, I ran across the GPL Violations website, put together by Harald Welte -- one of the heroes of open source (or free software, if you prefer). Welte is a contributor to several projects, including the Netfilter/iptables project that provides the framework for packet filtering, network address...

Tags: GPL, Harald Welte

Blog posts 2005-03-14