Relatively quietly, Orange posted the site Livebox open source software when the operator releases the list of licensed software free or open source used by the modem router for Internet access. More mystery, like his comrades, the Livebox uses elements and essentially free under GPLv2.
That site gives this view by focusing on the Livebox version 1, 1.2 and 2. If necessary, it is possible to have access to source code elements listed. It remains strange that inequality seems to appear between these versions, which begs questions about the completeness of certain lists. Sagem has perhaps not played the game as much as Thomson (who bought Invetel).
For Sagem Livebox labeled 1, the list of open source software is on the fingers of one hand and a little more for the Livebox 2, unlike the case of Thomson (Livebox 1). It becomes suspicious when, for the Livebox 1.2, Sagem and Thomson are put in one basket, and this time the Linux kernel (for example) is shown for both. It is probably too early to draw real conclusions, since the page on the Livebox 1.2 is still marked in construction. The riddle should eventually clear up a priori.
Via the Neuf Box 4 Open Source Software, you can access the source code for the Neuf Box 4. For Free, the question has always been more controversial. Free position has always been that "when a product that uses a soft GPL is sold, the seller must provide the sources of soft GPL. Free does not sell the Freebox, it is owned by Free, c 'is a termination of its network, the sources need not be provided.
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