You know, that's something that has always bothered me about Linksys. They get caught with their hand in the cookie jar (so to speak) and instead of admitting they are wrong and playing the game fairly, they decide to quit the game and go away mad. Poor losers! I'm glad I prefer Netgear products. :-) -- ========== Todd Young -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Chris Schumann" <cschumann at twp-llc.com> > If they modify the Linux kernel to do their tasks, then they must > distribute that... as LinkSys eventually agreed to do on their wireless > router before they re-designed and removed Linux from it. > > However, if they modified Linux just to get it to run on their box, they > must distribute that. Any application they choose to write for that > platform they can keep as closed as they like. > > Chris