Debian Installation on Synology DS718+

screw it :), just dump the sources/patches, really.

as long as it is not "integrated", there's not much risk and even then, it will bad PR for Synology to mess with DIY community.

anyway, thank you all for your work, I'm looking forward to do it on my box.

Let me reply to the recent posts here.

First point is that whoever wants to write me a hidden message can do so with a private message using a tool of this forum. There is no need to disclose private email addresses.

Next point license. Source code from kernel.org is published under GPL license. The kernel sources from Synology can be found here. The directory path where this archive is put suggests that it is covered by GPL and furthermore the

COPYING

file of the kernel sources is left unchanged. On the other hand license information is removed on important files like

drivers/ata/libata-core.c

where most modifications have to be done. This file for example has no explicit license information. Can someone explain which license is valid for the kernel?

I am not a lawyer and I would get into trouble at my company if it comes out that I am involved in licensing infringement issues. That's why I am a little bit paranoid. I will check next week if I can get a qualified response from a lawyer and what would be the price.

> file of the kernel sources is left unchanged. On
> the other hand license information is removed on
> important files like
>
>

> drivers/ata/libata-core.c
>

>
> where most modifications have to be done. This
> file for example has no explicit license
> information. Can someone explain which license is
> valid for the kernel?

Then Synology has violated GPL license. So don't host that downloaded tarball yourself as a public service to others.

-bodhi
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