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> Some of the software in the firmware is licensed under the GNU General Public License and other Open Source and Free Software licenses. You can find the compl
by shakna 7y ago
> Some of the software in the firmware is licensed under the GNU General Public License and other Open Source and Free Software licenses. You can find the complete and corresponding source in the GPL archive. [0]
They seem to have plenty of GPL sources available for download when you grab the firmware (and without having a device to test, it may actually include the source code with itself), so it seems they do offer up this source code. (The firmware download does come with a EULA, but the EULA specifically spells out it only applies to the proprietary bits, and not GPL and other Open Source software.)
So it seems that the claim "Specifically, in our analysis of the facts, we have found that both Cambium and Ubiquiti fail to provide any source code for their respective routers and access points..." needs more information before we can be certain that it is correct.
[0] https://www.ui.com/download/edgemax/default/default/edgeswitch-firmware-v190 https://www.ui.com/download/edgemax/default/default/edgeswit...
- teddyh 7y agoAgain, technically, GPLv2 does not allow the source code to be made available only for download. Only GPLv3 allows that. And, since Linux is GPLv2 only, the GPLv2 applies. Therefore, the source code has to be either a) shipped with the product (it obviously wasn’t) or b) available upon request as specified in a written offer, which must be shipped with the product. If neither option a) nor b) was used, Ubiquiti unambiguously violated the GPLv2, and has no defense.