VIA GPL Violation ?

[Bari Ari]

Ronald G. Minnich wrote:

> 
> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Amaury Jacquot wrote:
> 
> 
>>hi guys
>>was looking through via arena, and found this file :
>>
>>http://www.viaarena.com/guides/WinCE/fastboot%20v2.03.zip
>>
>>problem is, running
>>
>>strings */BIOS_*.BIN | grep inux
>>
>>gives 2 mentions of LinuxBios for each binary bios file, which makes the
>>whole thing suspect...
>>
>>should via be hit with some GPL cluestick ?
> 
> 
> if you're sure and have the time, sounds good. 
> 
> I have also asked Cray for the LinuxBIOS source for the XD1 and received 
> no response as of yet. This is getting to be a problem.

This is not new for Via:

Via "violates" GNU GPL with Padlock
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=15329

but they did comply after being informed
http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS4520757633.html

-Bari