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ok, correct me if i'm wrong, but a company is taking a 200 dollar piece of hardware, and hiking the price 1000 bucks because they added an application that is in violation of the GPL? wow... people have sunk to a new low.
Yes, it seems it's true!

So here it goes - please everyone write to your ( free! ) lawyer:

gpl@busybox.net

Subject: ELAN N800 Handheld Touch Panel - GPL infringement

Dear SFLC,

Please be advised that the source code for the following product is not available:


December 19th, 2007

ELAN Home Systems, a developer of multi-room A/V and come control systems, revealed today the early shipping of its new N800 touch controller. This remote on steroids is priced around $1,200.

The ELAN N800 offers wireless Internet access and lets one control ELAN and third party supported systems. A graphical interface allows you to control entertainment, theater and whole-house systems. It\u2019s based in part on Nokia hardware and sports a four-inch touchscreen display.

Features of the N800 include real-time status display for lighting, temperature and security systems as well as \u201cnow playing\u201d information from music sources, zoom, full-screen & panning functions, a full-screen finger keyboard, built-in stereo speakers and more. It is available now.


The url for the product is:
http://www.elanhomesystems.com/produ...anels/n800.asp

We will attempt to contact the company, but would also appreciate if you investigated this a bit further.

Best Regards
Also, for additional information, the GPL is enforced by the Software Freedom Law Center, who just recently settled a similar lawsuit concerning Busybox, which is the primary underlying foundation for the Nokia tablets, along with other GNU stuff and the Linux Kernel, which are all GPL.

Last edited by gnexus; 2007-12-30 at 07:40.