Hello,
> You
> supply busybox source but not the config (AFAIK). This means more
> work for anyone wishing to rebuild TSlinux and would appear to be a
> GPL violation.
The .config file is in the tarball, in the root directory take a
look...
ftp://ftp.embeddedarm.com/ts-arm-sbc/ts-7250-linux/sources/busybox-
1.00-rc2.04-28-2008.tar.bz2
> The first step in modifing an existing system is to be able to
> reproduce exactly the distribution binary. GPL clearly requires that
> full information be provided in order to do just that.
>
> Since 90% of TS linux is busybox it can hardly be seen as a detail
> that you do not provide the config needed to build what you
> distribute. This is a huge and complex config that would be
virtually
> impossible to back engineer to produce the same build result. As I
> read it, GPL requires that to be provided. You should provide full
> instructions to produce an identical binary.
Hmm, well I guess you could try to reverse engineer a .config file. Or
you could give us a
we won't byte I promise. ;) We're not trying to make your life
difficult, if we've overlooked something please let us know we'll fix
it.
> Similarly for the kernel: source, compiler, CFLAGS , .config and
> apparently in the case of cross-compiler specifying host is also
> necesary.
This is all available on our FTP site, if you can't find it let us
know we'll point you to it.
> BTW, love the cartoons. A bit of light relief is always welcome.
;)
//Eddie
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