Zyxel Linux firmware sources

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Peter <plpeter2006-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>

| Additionally it seems that the software is a seriously crippled busybox with no
| license message anywhere, and with ls and other key commands removed to avoid
| inspection.

All too common.  There are folks that fight this.

It depends very much on local legal system.  How is Romania's system?

Harald Welte was (is?) very involved in this:
  <http://www.gpl-violations.org/>

The Software Freedom Law Center / Software Freedom Conservancy has
been assigned the copyright for BusyBox and has been using it.  It
probably only has US reach.  They don't have tools to defend Linux.

  <http://www.softwarefreedom.org/>

Have you looked here?
  <http://us.zyxel.com/Support/GPL-OSS/Default.aspx>
  <http://us.zyxel.com/Support/GPL-OSS/BusyBoxNotice.aspx>
The wording leads me to suspect that SFLC has been talking to them.

In fact, googling shows that the SFLC/SFC has sued Zyxel:
  <http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/SFC-and-SFLC-sues-Samsung-Zyxel-Western-Digital-and-others-over-GPL-violations-885777.html>
  <http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/SFC-wins-default-judgement-against-GPL-violator-1050552.html>
  <http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/gpl-has-some-bite-behind-it>

(The GPL has a quirk that makes some of this difficult.  Once you are
out of compliance, there is no way to get back in except for all the
copyright holders agreeing.  So a settlement to a suit cannot do that
for Linux since there are untracked thousands of copyright holders who
would have to sign off.  At least in theory.)
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