Linux NAS hackers allege GPL violation
A community website devoted to sharing information about Linux-based NAS (network attached storage) servers has added a "GPL" page to collect vendor distributions of GPL-licensed source code. In the process of assembling the page, NAS-central.org ran across one alleged violator, says site co-founder Markus Toth.
Toth founded NAS-central.org along with Rod Whitby, with the aim of building a resource for hobbyists interested in hacking Linux-based NAS devices. The site currently features a list of NAS hacking communities and a Guide to hacking NAS servers based on Marvell's Orion SoCs.
Now, inspired in part by Open-EZX founder Harald Welte's Gpl-violations.org site, Toth has added a Gpl.nas-central.org resource aimed at serving as a central repository for distributions of GPL-licensed software released by NAS vendors. In the process of building that page, Toth said he had difficulty getting cooperation from NAS vendor Hammer. "They refused several times," he reports.
