>> I'm curious, then how would you go about obtaining the
>> source code? Technically, the software is not "sold", so
>> you should be able to get the source free of charge, right?
>>
If the product is written as a user-space application running
on a linux operating system, the vendor need not distribute the
source to the "application" part, right?
For instance, the source for the linux OS that runs on the
Mattel "JuiceBox" (which is being used here and there as an
experimental ARM linux system) is freely downloadable, but the
video player that it loads to show cartoons and such is a
proprietary application and not available.

(I don't know exactly how this works for an "embedded" box
without clear differentiation between OS and application.  No
doubt vendors want it to work one way, and RMS quite another.)

BillW
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