[hblug] Is your broadband modem from a convicted GPL violator?

[Don Gould]

No, Mine's a SMC, but I do think that we should be black listing ISPs 
who are selling product from D-Link.

There was an interesting post from Neil Stockbridge on the CLUG list 
yesterday...

On Tue, 2006-09-26 at 15:36 +1200, Don Gould wrote:
 > > I personally would like to know who's buying DLink product and boycot
 > > their products and services until D-Link stump up with the costs.

D-Link have made it on to my shit list along with Maxtor and Seagate.
it isn't the first time D-Link has acted like scum either:

   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/13/d-link_time_row_escelates/

 > > This is why I asked if it was a product Xtra are using.  I'm sure I 
saw
 > > it in their ads.

when we signed up to Xtra they sent us a D-Link ADSL modem.

- neil



Michael Adams wrote:
> D-Link, modems given away by various ISP's found guilty in German Court
> of GPL violation.
> 
> http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/09/24/1252212
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