Fairphone violating the GPL

Sean Leonard meanderingcode at aetherislands.net
Sat Feb 8 18:37:08 UTC 2014


Have you asked them to provide the missing source?


On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 2:04 AM, Tobias Platen <tobias at platen-software.de>wrote:

> Hello
>
> I tried to build a custom kernel for the Fairphone, but I got an error
> message:
>
> make ARC=arm defconfig
>
> alps/kernel/arch/arm/Makefile:237:
>  alps/kernel/mediatek/Makefile: No such file or directory
> make: *** No rule to make target `alps/kernel/mediatek/Makefile'.  Stop.
>
> It seems that the Fairphone (or its ODM) is violating the GPL.
> I downloaded the kernel from bit.ly/1g5PXRz.
>
> Tobias Platen
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