Extreme Networks accused of having violated GPL open source license

The developers of the Busybox tool, often used in embedded Linux systems, have made another complaint via the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC). This time, US networking provider Extreme Networks is accused of violating the GPL with a number of its products and associated firmware, by not offering the Busybox source code for download and not informing buyers about the GPL. The SFLC is said to have tried to negotiate an out-of-court settlement but did not get a suitable response from Extreme Networks. The complaint is worded in an unusually vague way. While the SFLC's lawyers normally use exact device names and revisions to substantiate their claims, this complaint only mentions, as an aside, that Extreme Network's Summit X450 family of managed network switches appears to be among the technologies in question. BusyBox... [read full story]