Precise Name of Product:
CLEAR WIXB-175 Series G, rebranded Gemtek WIXB-175, based on the Beceem BCS 5200 reference implementation
Organizations Distributing it:
Distributes customized devices to end user customers
Clear LLC
4400 Carillon Point
Kirkland, WA 98033
(888) 888-3113
http://www.clear.com
OEM that designed the device, based on a reference design
GemTek
No.15-1 Zhonghua Road
Hsinchu Industrial Park
Hukou,Hsinchu, 30352
Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel:+ 886-3-598-5535
Fax:+ 886-3-598-5585
http://www.gemtek.com.tw
Chipset designer and supposed author of infringing code
Beceem
3960 Freedom Circle, Floor 1
Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA
Main: + 1 408-387-5000
Fax: +1 408-387-5099
http://www.beceem.com/
Exact name of package who's rights are violated:
BusyBox v1.4.2
GNU Wget 1.11.4
Dnsmasq version 2.41
ebtables v2.0.8-rc3
ez-ipupdate 3.0.11b8
ipkg 0.99.163
OpenWRT 2.0
mtd
Linux 2.6.21.1
How license was violated:
Is the copyright notice of the copyright holder included?
The notice is included in the compiled binaries, as well as in some configuration file on the device
Is the source code completely missing?
Yes, it is completely missing.
Is there a written offer for source that's incomplete in some way? This could happen if it provides a contact address or network URL that's somehow incorrect.
There is no written offer for source.
Is there a copy of the license included in the distribution?
There does not seem to be a copy of the license on the device, and there is not one included in the documentation
Is some of the source available, but not all? If so, what parts are missing?
No, none of the source is included.
Additional information:
I have politely requested a copy of source code, with no response after a two week wait.
My personal backup of the flash memory dump form my device: http://code.google.com/p/wimax-hacking/source/browse/trunk/homeRouter/WIXB-175/mtd_dump/
I can provide contents of specific files on request (such as, perhaps, the actual busybox binary on the device).
root@BCS5200:/bin# busybox
BusyBox v1.4.2 (2010-05-17 15:25:14 CST) multi-call binary
Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Â Erik Andersen, Rob Landley, and others.
Licensed under GPLv2. Â See source distribution for full notice.
Usage: busybox [function] [arguments]...
or: [function] [arguments]...
BusyBox is a multi-call binary that combines many common Unix
utilities into a single executable. Most people will create a
link to busybox for each function they wish to use and BusyBox
will act like whatever it was invoked as!
Currently defined functions:
[, [[, ash, awk, awx, cat, chmod, chown, clear, cp, crond, crontab, cut, date, dmesg, echo, egrep,
env, expr, false, fgrep, find, free, grep, halt, head, hexdump, hostid, hostname, ifconfig, init, insmod,
kill, killall, klogd, less, ln, lock, logger, logread, ls, lsmod, mkdir, mknod, mount, mv, netstat,
passwd, pidof, ping, pivot_root, poweroff, ps, pwd, rdate, realpath, reboot, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route,
run-parts, sed, sh, sleep, stat, switch_root, sync, sysctl, syslogd, tail, tar, tee, telnet, telnetd,
test, tftp, time, top, touch, traceroute, true, tty, umount, uname, uptime, usleep, vconfig, watchdog,
wc, xargs, yes
root@BCS5200:/bin# dnsmasq --version
Dnsmasq version 2.41 Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Simon Kelley
Compile time options IPv6 GNU-getopt no-ISC-leasefile no-DBus no-I18N TFTP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
Dnsmasq is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or 3.
root@BCS5200:/bin# ebtables --version
ebtables v2.0.8-rc3 (December 2006)
root@BCS5200:/bin# ez-ipupdate --version
ez-ipupdate: - 3.0.11b8 - $Id: ez-ipupdate.c,v 1.48 2001/07/17 00:49:41 amackay Exp $
root@BCS5200:/bin# ipkg --version
ipkg version 0.99.163
root@BCS5200:/bin# cat /etc/banner
_______ ________ __
| |.-----.-----.-----.| | | |.----.| |_
| - || _ | -__| || | | || _|| _|
|_______|| __|_____|__|__||________||__| |____|
|__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M
BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS - Build v2.3.8
---------------------------------------------------
root@BCS5200:/etc# cat diag.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
set_state() :
root@BCS5200:/bin# mtd
Usage: mtd [<options> ...] <command> [<arguments> ...] <device>
The device is in the format of mtdX (eg: mtd4) or its label.
mtd recognizes these commands:
unlock unlock the device
erase erase all data on device
write <imagefile>|- write <imagefile> (use - for stdin) to device
Following options are available:
-q quiet mode (once: no [w] on writing,
twice: no status messages)
-r reboot after successful command
-f force write without trx checks
-e <device> erase <device> before executing the command
Example: To write linux.trx to mtd4 labeled as linux and reboot afterwards
mtd -r write linux.trx linux
root@BCS5200:/bin# uname -a
Linux BCS5200 2.6.21.1 #1 Mon May 17 15:20:27 CST 2010 armv6l unknown
CLEAR WIXB-175 Series G, rebranded Gemtek WIXB-175, based on the Beceem BCS 5200 reference implementation
Organizations Distributing it:
Distributes customized devices to end user customers
Clear LLC
4400 Carillon Point
Kirkland, WA 98033
(888) 888-3113
http://www.clear.com
OEM that designed the device, based on a reference design
GemTek
No.15-1 Zhonghua Road
Hsinchu Industrial Park
Hukou,Hsinchu, 30352
Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel:+ 886-3-598-5535
Fax:+ 886-3-598-5585
http://www.gemtek.com.tw
Chipset designer and supposed author of infringing code
Beceem
3960 Freedom Circle, Floor 1
Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA
Main: + 1 408-387-5000
Fax: +1 408-387-5099
http://www.beceem.com/
Exact name of package who's rights are violated:
BusyBox v1.4.2
GNU Wget 1.11.4
Dnsmasq version 2.41
ebtables v2.0.8-rc3
ez-ipupdate 3.0.11b8
ipkg 0.99.163
OpenWRT 2.0
mtd
Linux 2.6.21.1
How license was violated:
Is the copyright notice of the copyright holder included?
The notice is included in the compiled binaries, as well as in some configuration file on the device
Is the source code completely missing?
Yes, it is completely missing.
Is there a written offer for source that's incomplete in some way? This could happen if it provides a contact address or network URL that's somehow incorrect.
There is no written offer for source.
Is there a copy of the license included in the distribution?
There does not seem to be a copy of the license on the device, and there is not one included in the documentation
Is some of the source available, but not all? If so, what parts are missing?
No, none of the source is included.
Additional information:
I have politely requested a copy of source code, with no response after a two week wait.
My personal backup of the flash memory dump form my device: http://code.google.com/p/wimax-hacking/source/browse/trunk/homeRouter/WIXB-175/mtd_dump/
I can provide contents of specific files on request (such as, perhaps, the actual busybox binary on the device).
root@BCS5200:/bin# busybox
BusyBox v1.4.2 (2010-05-17 15:25:14 CST) multi-call binary
Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Â Erik Andersen, Rob Landley, and others.
Licensed under GPLv2. Â See source distribution for full notice.
Usage: busybox [function] [arguments]...
or: [function] [arguments]...
BusyBox is a multi-call binary that combines many common Unix
utilities into a single executable. Most people will create a
link to busybox for each function they wish to use and BusyBox
will act like whatever it was invoked as!
Currently defined functions:
[, [[, ash, awk, awx, cat, chmod, chown, clear, cp, crond, crontab, cut, date, dmesg, echo, egrep,
env, expr, false, fgrep, find, free, grep, halt, head, hexdump, hostid, hostname, ifconfig, init, insmod,
kill, killall, klogd, less, ln, lock, logger, logread, ls, lsmod, mkdir, mknod, mount, mv, netstat,
passwd, pidof, ping, pivot_root, poweroff, ps, pwd, rdate, realpath, reboot, rm, rmdir, rmmod, route,
run-parts, sed, sh, sleep, stat, switch_root, sync, sysctl, syslogd, tail, tar, tee, telnet, telnetd,
test, tftp, time, top, touch, traceroute, true, tty, umount, uname, uptime, usleep, vconfig, watchdog,
wc, xargs, yes
root@BCS5200:/bin# dnsmasq --version
Dnsmasq version 2.41 Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Simon Kelley
Compile time options IPv6 GNU-getopt no-ISC-leasefile no-DBus no-I18N TFTP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
Dnsmasq is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or 3.
root@BCS5200:/bin# ebtables --version
ebtables v2.0.8-rc3 (December 2006)
root@BCS5200:/bin# ez-ipupdate --version
ez-ipupdate: - 3.0.11b8 - $Id: ez-ipupdate.c,v 1.48 2001/07/17 00:49:41 amackay Exp $
root@BCS5200:/bin# ipkg --version
ipkg version 0.99.163
root@BCS5200:/bin# cat /etc/banner
_______ ________ __
| |.-----.-----.-----.| | | |.----.| |_
| - || _ | -__| || | | || _|| _|
|_______|| __|_____|__|__||________||__| |____|
|__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M
BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS - Build v2.3.8
---------------------------------------------------
root@BCS5200:/etc# cat diag.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
set_state() :
root@BCS5200:/bin# mtd
Usage: mtd [<options> ...] <command> [<arguments> ...] <device>
The device is in the format of mtdX (eg: mtd4) or its label.
mtd recognizes these commands:
unlock unlock the device
erase erase all data on device
write <imagefile>|- write <imagefile> (use - for stdin) to device
Following options are available:
-q quiet mode (once: no [w] on writing,
twice: no status messages)
-r reboot after successful command
-f force write without trx checks
-e <device> erase <device> before executing the command
Example: To write linux.trx to mtd4 labeled as linux and reboot afterwards
mtd -r write linux.trx linux
root@BCS5200:/bin# uname -a
Linux BCS5200 2.6.21.1 #1 Mon May 17 15:20:27 CST 2010 armv6l unknown
