[j-nsp] GPL licensed software in juniper products

[Matt Yaklin]

On Thu, 7 Jun 2012, Ian Bobbitt wrote:
> On Jun 7, 2012, at 4:47 PM, Rubens Kuhl wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Thomas Eichhorn <te at te3networks.de> wrote:
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>>> has anybody here asked JNPR for the source code of the
>>> GPL-licensed parts in their products? I currently just
>>> wonder which all parts they have used and maybe if there
>>> is some hidden web page containing that stuff.
>>
>> Juniper control-plane operating system is *BSD, so carrying a Berkeley
>> license, not GPL. Routing code is their own, and it wouldn't make such
>> sense to add something GPL to that mix... may be they did, is there a
>> component you think could be GPL ?
>>
>
>
> Their AX411 access point line, for one:
>
> % ssh root at myap
> root at myap's password:
> # uname -a
> Linux myap 2.6.21.5 #1 Tue Dec 7 05:54:10 EST 2010 mips64 unknown
> #


>From the hardware guide for the AX411:

"To the extent
portions of the Software are distributed under and subject to open source 
licenses obligating Juniper to make the source code for such
portions publicly available (such as the GNU General Public License 
(.GPL.) or the GNU Library General Public License (.LGPL.)), Juniper
will make such source code portions (including Juniper modifications, as 
appropriate) available upon request for a period of up to three
years from the date of distribution. Such request can be made in writing 
to Juniper Networks, Inc., 1194 N. Mathilda Ave., Sunnyvale, CA
94089, ATTN: General Counsel. You may obtain a copy of the GPL at 
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html, and a copy of the LGPL
at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html ."