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00:58.07file[myroom]chouimat|away: you concious?
01:02.27chouimatyup
01:02.52file[myroom]chouimat: if I hyperwallet you some $$$ will you send that HD Express?
01:06.48chouimatI will send the hdd this week, I will try tomorrow if I have a chance
01:07.18file[myroom]chouimat: yeah it's just I'd like it by Thursday... and Xpresspost is REALLY fast...
01:08.07chouimatfile[myroom]: I know ...
01:08.32file[myroom]except when I sent a CD, the jewel case was broken and the corners of the letter were missing
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15:01.19*** topic/#elinux is Embedded Linux || http://eLinux.org/ || cross compile, uClibc, busybox, tinylogin, handhelds, post-sale linux installs ;-), etc. || debian-handheld list is up.
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15:02.39CosmicPenguinEveryone loves dremels
15:02.54chouimatCosmicPenguin: I used a small hacksaw  
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15:11.58chouimatmorning sieve
15:12.00sievemorning all
16:05.37CosmicPenguinSoo... has anyone seen Finding Nemo yet?
16:07.11prpplagueCosmicPenguin: saw it saturday
16:08.13CosmicPenguinprpplague: pretty damn good, huh?
16:08.20prpplagueCosmicPenguin: ya was pretty good
16:12.33MornWorkre's
16:12.45MornWorkShrek is great
16:12.55MornWorkCosmicPenguin: did you enjoy Lilo and Stitch?
16:13.22prpplagueCosmicPenguin: i took my son
16:14.42CosmicPenguinMornWork: not at all
16:14.59MornWorkreally?  I loved it
16:15.07MornWorkI've watched it several times
16:15.15MornWorkthe whole Elvis sub-theme was hysterical
16:15.40CosmicPenguinMornWork: I don't know why - I've seen a couple of the regular Disney animated movies, and they just wern't very good.  The Emperors New Groove was OK, I guess....
16:16.35MornWorkOh, this is funny
16:16.42MornWorkI got a new GPS this weekend for my iPAQ
16:16.44MornWorkit's spiffy
16:16.54MornWorkexcept it chided me for making an illegal UTurn
16:17.11CosmicPenguinReally?  What did it say?
16:17.16CosmicPenguinAnd how did it know that it was illegal?
16:17.35MornWorkit said "You made an illegal UTurn!"
16:17.44MornWorkI guess because I turned in the middle of a side street
16:17.48MornWorknot at an intersection
16:18.26CosmicPenguinThats wierd
16:18.45MornWorkthe software is really cool though
16:18.56MornWorkit speaks directions, auto re-routes, gives ETA's
16:19.05MornWorkit auto sizes based on speed
16:19.10MornWorkit auto-orients
16:19.19MornWorkeons ahead of the Pocket Streets
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16:38.14prpplagueMon Jun 9 11:36:58 CDT 2003 abcsd: *ERROR* stupidity level at critical level
16:39.31prpplaguechouimat: thanks, but i'm on a diet, just coffee and altoids
16:40.06chouimatprpplague: ok i won't send you  the recipe of my lunch then :)
16:41.57prpplaguelol
16:43.13chouimatprpplague: chicken, salami, diced tomatoes, cheeses, ramen soup
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17:41.31chouimat|boredyup
17:42.12file[myroom]chouimat|bored: waddup?
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18:04.31filechouimat|bored: what's up... yeah.. nothing lol
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18:08.57paqyo.
18:12.36filecosmic_errands: evil
18:15.13chouimat|boredfile: I think  I will go out
18:18.18filechouimat|bored: where?
18:20.40chouimat|boredoutside for the 10 minutes  that I will have sun this afternoon
18:21.52filelol
18:31.52chouimat|boredprpplague: ping
18:32.14prpplaguechouimat|bored: yo
18:32.35prpplaguechouimat|bored: what up?
18:32.46chouimat|boredprpplague: what is the title of the electronic book you recommended me some times ago?
18:33.15prpplaguechouimat|bored: good question, its at the house, and i don't recall the name
18:33.39chouimat|boredprpplague: ok ....
18:33.47chouimat|boredgrrrr now it's raining
18:34.22prpplaguechouimat|bored: trying to find a flight out today for barbados
18:34.46chouimat|boredprpplague: again?
18:35.23prpplaguechouimat|bored: ya, generator repair man smoked the IT room saturday
18:35.30prpplaguechouimat|bored: they are on the backup system now
18:36.10chouimat|boredprpplague: jerk
18:37.47prpplaguechouimat|bored: ya well, not sure i'm going, just getting prepared
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18:51.37Russandersee: you around?
19:16.29anderseeRuss: hey
19:16.46anderseeRuss: I'm here
19:18.02Russlet me know when you find firmware that contains udhcp
19:18.30Russthe linksys version is modified a pretty good amount
19:20.39anderseeRuss: lemme look at the Buffalo and the Belkin firmware.
19:21.01RussI'm guessing the belkin firmware contains the same modifications
19:21.09andersee[andersen@dillweed Buffalo]$ find -name udhcp\*
19:21.09andersee./usr/sbin/udhcpd
19:21.09andersee./usr/sbin/udhcpc
19:21.25Russcan you send me the binary?
19:21.51andersee[andersen@dillweed Belkin]$ find -name udhcp\*
19:21.51andersee./usr/sbin/udhcpd
19:21.51andersee./usr/sbin/udhcpc
19:22.26anderseeRuss: here is the script to open up the Belkin firmware:
19:22.33anderseewget http://web.belkin.com/support/download/downloaddetails.asp?file_id=1256
19:22.33andersee# I noticed a GZIP signature for a file name "piggy" at offset
19:22.33andersee# 3989 bytes from the start, suggesting we have a compressed Linux
19:22.33andersee# kernel
19:22.34anderseedd if=BELKIN_1.01.08 bs=3989 skip=1 | zcat > kernel
19:22.38andersee# Noticed there was a cramfs magic signature at offset 790393
19:22.40anderseedd if=BELKIN_1.01.08 of=cramfs.image bs=790393 skip=1
19:22.42anderseefile cramfs.image
19:23.05Russcan you just dcc me the binary from both?
19:23.11anderseeRuss: k
19:24.29RussI meant the udhcp binary
19:24.52RussI already extracted the linksys firmware
19:25.38anderseeRuss: each binary is different...
19:25.41andersee$ md5sum ./Belkin/Belkin/usr/sbin/udhcpd ./Buffalo/Buffalo/usr/sbin/udhcpd ./Linksys/Linksys/usr/sbin/udhcpd
19:25.41andersee7be9dab2171b5eefa57fb1ea41c4354a  ./Belkin/Belkin/usr/sbin/udhcpd
19:25.41andersee397d30716ad23f8a5887fd6354ffd4cb  ./Buffalo/Buffalo/usr/sbin/udhcpd
19:25.41anderseeb68a277ccab2e41ea28bc50e0e3b0968  ./Linksys/Linksys/usr/sbin/udhcpd
19:26.06anderseeWhich would you like first?
19:26.19anderseeOr you can use those scripts I sent to extract them yourself
19:26.36Russspose I'll just run the scripts
19:26.41anderseek
19:26.46Russwouldn't want you to be in violation of the gpl...
19:26.58anderseeI think I may have commented out the wget's
19:27.47Russnope
19:27.57anderseeBTW, the SMC 2804WBR is the first 802.11g device I have found that does _not_ violate the gpl
19:28.08anderseeGood for them
19:28.10Russami has a linux fs too
19:28.18Russthey use isc dhcp though
19:28.36Russ(from what I can tell)
19:30.34Russthats a completely different version from the linksys version (in the buffalo firmware)
19:30.44Russbased off 0.9.5, but also heavily modified
19:31.14anderseeRuss: btw, it is awfully nice to have a lawyer for a dad.  I recommend it.
19:31.27Russsorry, my dad brokers insurance
19:32.01anderseeahh well
19:32.10anderseeYou should pick better next time.  ;-)
19:32.24Russdid you find if busybox was modified at all?
19:32.47anderseeRuss: I've not really looked too closely at that.
19:34.04anderseeRuss: I've been trying to assess the extent to which broadcom is fradulantly distributing busybox to router makers, apparently sans gpl
19:34.41anderseeI was really quite shocked to find how widespread the problem is for 802.11G devices
19:34.41Russbelkin includes yet another version of 0.9.5 modified to meet their needs
19:35.22RussI'm guessing its just busybox stock though
19:38.04anderseeI need to check that
19:38.18anderseeFor me, that is not the most important thing though
19:38.38anderseeWhether they changed it or not, they are still breaking the law
19:39.49RussI know, it just seem to violate the spirit of the GPL more when a modified binary is being distributed
19:40.00anderseetrue
19:40.03Russbtw, its the AMI megarac G2 (at least) that runs linux
19:40.49Russit looks like an uncompressed fs
19:40.56Russbut I didn't bother to figure out which
19:41.26anderseeRuss: I think I need to tweak my firewall.  dcc isn't coming though
19:41.30anderseeRuss: URL?
19:42.04Russami.com->support->tech support->megarac g2->firmware
19:44.58fileer understands
19:45.10fileso - Broadcom is illegally distributing busybox to makers of routers and such?
19:45.37Russandersee: explain the broadcom part to me
19:45.43anderseefile: That appears to be the case.
19:46.01fileandersee: now that bites
19:46.22anderseeRuss: Each of the devices has a remarkably similar Linux structure.  Each uses a Broadcom chipset.
19:46.38Russnone of the udhcp modifications are the same
19:46.58Russcould be "revisions" though
19:47.30fileandersee: are you going to seek legal action?
19:47.56anderseefile: hell yah!
19:48.05fileandersee: I have no doubt you'll win.
19:48.21fileandersee: good luck
19:48.28Russandersee: how do I get signed onto this legal action?
19:48.30anderseefile: my dad is a lawyer.  A very good lawyer.
19:48.47anderseeRuss: I'll be calling my dad in a few minutes and talking to the FSF
19:48.53Russcan you add a phrase about not only not providing the source, but also distributing clearly modified binaries
19:49.02anderseeRuss: can do
19:49.12Russand something about how software piracy is a crime, not just a bad buisness practice
19:49.39anderseeRuss: As for joining in.  I'll certainly let you know.  My dad and I need to work out the concept of damages.
19:49.48Russyou might contact broadcom and tell them that you are making a 802.11g router
19:49.52Russsee what info you can get
19:50.19anderseeIn a normal software piracy case (i.e. company X resells MS office), damages are much simpler.
19:50.20Russandersee: a simple slap on the wrist certainly enourages companies to ignore the GPL until confronted
19:50.27anderseeRuss: exactly
19:50.31fileandersee: be sure to give us blow by blow updates.
19:50.37anderseefile: will do
19:50.59anderseeAnd Russ clearly is a partly to any lawsuit, as a co-violatee. ;-)
19:51.09Russandersee: find solutions they would have used if they would have paid for them and calculate the cost for the volume of product
19:51.24anderseeRuss: a good idea
19:52.10filechouimat: wb
19:52.52anderseeRuss: The biggest think I hope to gain is to make Broadcom stop being such a bunch of assholes in their treatment of Linux
19:54.05RussI think companies need to start respecting the GPL as a license not to be tampered with
19:59.04anderseeRuss: looks like the D-Link 54G products, like the SMC products, use Intersil chipsets.  No violation then from D-Link.
19:59.29Russdo they run their own code?
19:59.45anderseeRuss: Not clear
20:00.03anderseeRuss: I just extracted their firmware enough to verify that Linux was not used
20:00.03Russbut they don't run any GPL software
20:00.33anderseeRuss: and to find the intersil code
20:01.20RussGPL software written for linux can be used ontop of say, QNX, pretty easily
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20:14.20CosmicPenguinHello again
20:14.50Russ'ello
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20:25.23anderseeLooks like Netgear is using some custom code from Brecis.com.  No GPL problem there I can see.
20:28.05Russgood for those three companies
20:30.00CosmicPenguinArgh!  Why is my system being such a PITA today????
20:33.20RussI don't know
20:33.31Russeither my promise controller, or 3rd drive died last night
20:33.41Russand reiser barfed because of it
20:33.53RussI need to switch my array over to ext3 in a really bad way
20:37.58anderseeRuss: check this press release out
20:38.04anderseeRuss: http://www.broadcom.com/cgi-bin/pr/prps.cgi?pr_id=PR030310
20:38.45anderseeRuss:  They have kindly listed Apple, Belkin, Linksys and MELCO/Buffalo Technology...
20:39.08Russapple?
20:39.16anderseeRuss: seems so
20:39.29anderseeRuss: Got a few to check out their "Airport Extreme"?
20:39.39Russthen damages should be actually fairly simple
20:39.46anderseeI'm all revere engineering-ed out for the day
20:39.50Russhow much did broadcom make on the sales of GPL software?
20:39.59RussI'll try it out
20:41.15RussI would be suprised to find apple in violation
20:41.26Russgiven their effort to make sure all their osx stuff is legit
20:43.37Russhmmm AirPortExtremeFW504.dmg.bin: MacBinary III data with surprising version number
20:43.41CosmicPenguinOk - so Mozilla and Galeon are both stuck in a state where they loop infinately creating new windows
20:43.53Russfun!
20:44.02filekillall! KILLALL!
20:44.06CosmicPenguinNot fun - I can't figure out why
20:44.10CosmicPenguinReinstalling doesn't work
20:44.13CosmicPenguinIt happens to all users
20:44.32fileCosmicPenguin: now that's a noggin scratcher
20:46.08Russhfsplus...
20:46.57anderseeRuss: There was a recent kernel patch to support hfsplus....
20:47.08CosmicPenguinperl /usr/lib/mozilla-1.2/mozilla-rebuild-databases.pl
20:47.11CosmicPenguinI don't know why, but it works
20:47.13RussI have that
20:47.31Russit has a partition table, so I need to figure that out
20:48.51Russseems to be some XML in there
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20:50.55RussVxWorks 5.4.2 Apr 10, 2003
20:51.22anderseeRuss: seems safe enough then
20:51.36anderseeRuss: apple presumably has a clue wrt open source
20:51.37Russa whole bunch of compressed data  follows that
20:53.37Russspeaking of apple, I just got a bugbear.b email related to apple
20:53.53Russ'Apple: Viasystems P86 samples'
20:54.07Russsomething about a PCB stack up for the DVT
20:55.36Russdo you want to mail apple anyway and explain the situation since they are a broadcom customer?
20:56.28Russcan you send me the letters that you have sent out?
20:57.31anderseeRuss: I just sent you a copy of the first Linksys letter
20:58.44CosmicPenguinsignal11_: you around?
20:59.48Russthanks
21:00.51jacquesbastages
21:00.59jacqueshi guys :-)
21:01.08jacquesbastages = linksys
21:02.26Russandersee: was that sent certified with return receipt?
21:03.24anderseeRuss: I expect so.  It was sent out by my Dad's law office, with a seperate copy mailed to me.  Postmark 13 May.
21:03.57jacquesI was on vacation for loast 9 days - what did I miss ?
21:04.15kergothhey Russ, andersee, jacques
21:04.18kergothwhats goin on
21:04.28Russthey have not yet replied, have you followed up with a cease and desist?
21:05.35jacqueshi kergoth I just got back from vacation myself
21:06.11kergothjacques: have fun?
21:06.17jacqueskergoth: I was meaning to ask you - were you playing with a Z 750 ?
21:06.36kergothnope, i have a c700 personally
21:06.37anderseeRuss: I asked my dad to do so.  I have not yet received that though.  And I am needing to get the Buffalo and Belkin letters sent as well.  I just need to adjust the Linksys ones, then send them to my Dad so his secretary can send them out all official looking.
21:06.38jacqueskergoth: well, it was to visit my parents, had fun with my brother tho :-)
21:06.41kergoththough someone in #zaurus has a c750
21:06.47kergothjacques: cool coolp
21:07.02jacqueskergoth: I was wondering about the possibility of openZ working on a 750/760
21:07.28kergothjacques: i havent seen any sources released for those units
21:07.41jacquesah :-\
21:07.43kergothjacques: maybe the c700 kernel will work on them.. guess it depends how much foresight sharp had
21:07.51jacquesnod
21:08.04Russandersee: I requested 802.11g product info from broadcom
21:08.41jacquesbroadcom also = bastages
21:08.45jacques"=_
21:08.47jacques:-)
21:09.31anderseekergoth: This is what Russ and I are discussing.  http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0306.0/1758.html
21:09.52Russhave you talked to the iptables and ppp maintainers?
21:10.26anderseekergoth: Short summary.  Linksys, Belkin, and Buffalo 802.11G products (which use the Broadcom chipset) are shipping Linux, busybox, udhcpd, etc w/o source in violation of the GPL.
21:11.09kergothack.
21:13.09chouimatwow
21:14.03anderseekergoth: I was not aware of Belkin and Buffalo till yesterday.  But i had my dad (who is a lawyer) send a please-comply-or-we-will-sue note to Linksys nearly a month ago.  No response.
21:15.05jacquesholy crap I didn't know it was that bad
21:15.32chouimatandersee: did you really expected an answer from them?
21:16.27Russandersee: have you looked at licensing for other components?
21:16.32RussI think cron is BSD
21:16.36jacquesthose bastages dont even release linux drivers for their wireless hw
21:16.57jacques(broadcom that is)
21:16.57RussI see brctl
21:17.05Russjacques: the drivers are a seperate more complex issue
21:17.11Russits in that binary kernel module area
21:17.50jacquesRuss: it just bugs me that they use linux and obviously have drivers but wont release them - not saying that they must legally release them necessarily :-\
21:18.28Russthere are aparently issues with the FCC and allowing people to easily modify code and transmit on various protected frequencies
21:18.44Russso it'll take some work
21:18.59anderseeRuss: I have not yet done that
21:19.00jacquesIANAL but I *am* a ham and I think that's a red herring
21:19.07Russthe busybox/udhcp/other GPL software in the firmware is a more odvious issue
21:19.20Russjacques: yes, but a red herring that broadcom will pay great attention to
21:19.32jacquesyes many separate issues here - I didn't mean to get off track
21:19.51jacquesthe busybox thing mkes me very angry
21:19.56anderseeRuss: I've been _awfully_ busy.  So far i've mostly just done my usual have-the-lawyer-send-a-letter.
21:20.14anderseeRuss: It has generally been enough...
21:20.55anderseeRuss: But this is by far the largest case yet of GPL violation for busybox...
21:22.03RussI'll contact the ipupdate authors and give them your contact info
21:22.12anderseeRuss: thx
21:22.12Russthat gets one more out of the way
21:22.22jacquesdoesnt the broadcom 802.11g chip hve an ARM ore ?
21:22.25jacquescore
21:22.31jacqueswho knows what else they are using
21:22.55anderseeRuss: If you find any others that want to participate, should a lawsuit emerge, just point them to me.
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21:37.26filedarn bridging software
21:38.12Russya, they included brctl too
21:39.00fileI can't get bridging to work!
21:39.21fileI can ping fine, but if I try to do anything like browse the web/go on AIM it just sits there :\
21:51.58Russoh
21:51.58Russmy
21:52.00Russgod
21:52.02Russthey are so fucked
21:52.15Russthey are in violation of the apsl
21:52.20chouimatRuss: ?
21:52.39Russhttp://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/
21:53.17chouimatRuss: I know apsl ... who is fucked?
21:54.05Russlinksys
21:54.45chouimatRuss:  :)
21:55.23Russandersee: do you want me to contact apple?
21:55.52chouimatpoor linksys
22:00.37RussI'll wait on the apple contact
22:10.49anderseeRuss: sure!
22:11.45anderseeRuss: btw, I just forwarded you another email.  My dad wants to consult with some of the FSF lawyers.
22:18.29jacqueslinksys probably thinks they are the MS of wifi
22:18.40jacquestoo big to be messed with
22:19.01jacquesdont they have like 70-80% of the retail market ?
22:21.18MonMothajacques: at least...I dont' think I've ever seen a home that had wifi and wasn't linksys
22:21.21MonMothawell, one netgear
22:21.26MonMotha(but it was an all netgear house)
22:22.47Russandersee: thanks
22:23.00jacquesMonMotha: yeah I read an article with market share numbers a few months ago - linksys was massive
22:23.43Russmost current GPL violations are against small compainies in asia
22:23.50Russwhere not much can legally be done
22:24.07Russlinksys is a bit more visable and prosecutable
22:26.46GPSFanRuss: especially since linksys is part of cisco. http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/hd_031903.html
22:29.00Russthey are violating the imfamous 'Eric A. Young' license too
22:29.06jacquescisco = large highly visible target
22:29.21chouimatEric A. Young license?
22:30.04Russ"This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric A. Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)"
22:30.10Russ"This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)."
22:30.18chouimatok
22:30.30Russthey have to include that in any advertising materials, etc
22:30.49Russthat license it teh gay
22:30.53Russs/it/is/
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23:00.10anderseeSorry about falling off the net...
23:00.25anderseeThunderstorm...  Power is still out.
23:00.42Russah, fun
23:00.59Russwe have a rackmount ups here for the rack, and I have a little ups for my computer
23:02.01anderseeI have a ups.  But I hadn't tested it since moving at the beginning of the month.  I had too much stuff plugged in....
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23:14.46file2hi chouimat
23:16.17chouimathi file2
23:17.15Russandersee: ok, I think I've emailed everyone except apple
23:17.47Russ13 emails in all
23:18.11anderseeRuss: cool, thx!
23:18.15anderseeWho else?
23:20.01Russez-ipupdate
23:20.07Russvixie cron
23:20.18Russiptables
23:20.28Russdoolittle ntpclient
23:20.40Russpppd/pppoecd
23:20.50Russpptp
23:20.56Russzebra
23:21.03Russbridge-utils
23:21.09Russdnsmasq
23:21.18Russbpalogin
23:21.24Russnet-tools
23:21.29Russdnrd
23:21.43Russfwlogwatch
23:21.57Russ(udhcp, busybox, kernel)
23:22.02Russand of course the apple one
23:22.25RussI didn't check libraries
23:22.34Russor bootloader
23:23.20anderseeRuss: cool, thx
23:24.43anderseeHow nice.  Power just came back on.
23:24.47anderseeoops
23:24.56anderseePower just went back off again
23:24.58anderseesigh
23:26.20jacques:-\
23:58.34cosmic_awayIs anyone else seeing a large amount of spam today?
23:59.52MonMothacosmic_away: I get like 4 pieces yesterday, usually only 1 or less per day
23:59.57MonMothas/get/got/

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