libertybsd-website/ubiquiti/copyrightholder.txt

To Whom It May Concern

[in any case, please forward to Mr. xxxx of your support team.]


My name is zzzz.  I am one of the major copyright holders of
the code for the U-Boot boot loader project.  U-Boot is licensed under
the GNU Public License Version 2 (GPL-2.0).  I would like to point out
that this is the only available license for this code, there are not
other options.

It has been brought to my attention that UBIQUITI NETWORKS apparently
violates the GPL license terms consciously and deliberately:

In the last few weeks, Mr. Riley Baird (on cc:) inquired your support
team and asked for the complete source code of the U-Boot boot loader
in the version used in your Airmax routers.

He did not succeed.
Mr. xxxx of your support team wrote on Jun 19 15:09 (UTC-7):

| Hi Riley,
| 
| I'm really sorry, we don't share u-boot source. We used to in the past
| but not any more. This decision was taken keeping the security of the
| users in mind. I hope you understand.


I think such a decision must be a misunderstanding on your side about
the obligations resulting from distributing with your products soft-
ware that is covered by the GPL.  In case of doubt, you may find it
useful to study [1] and [2].  Please feel free to contact me if you
feel I could help you setting up a GPL compliant distribution method
for the GPL software used in your systems.


In any case, in my role as major copyright holder, I would like to
remind you that any decision like "we don't share u-boot source"
constitutes a serious GPL license violation; if you do not accept the
GPL license terms that means that you have no permissions to use and
distribute that software at all.  If taken to the limit, that could
mean that a prohibition of sale could be obtained for all products
which are based on such software.  I am sure that both of us would
like to avoid the efforts and pain of any such escalations.

I would like to ask you to:

1) provide, without further delay, the full source code of U-Boot as
   requested previously to Mr. Riley Baird;
2) establish within your company procedures to make sure not to
   violate license terms;
3) educate your support team and whoever else might be affected about
   this corrective measures to your policy when dealing with GPL
   software.
4) inform me about the steps you have taken, and, if not completed at
   the time you write me, about the schedule for their completion.

Providing the full source code of U-Boot to Mr. Riley Baird is the
most urgent and easiest to perform step, so I think you should be able
to send me a confirmation for that within the next 10 calendar days,
i. e. not later than July 11, 2014.

Thank you very much in advance for your cooperation.


[1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
[2] http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/compliance-guide.html


Best regards,

zzzz