Third update for today! I swear I'm not making this stuff up but we've found two additional potential license infringements.
Rolf from Sabre Security was kind enough to point out that we had missed a giant copyright string.
000C48C0 4641 4143 202D 2046 7265 6577 6172 6520 FAAC - Freeware
000C48D0 4164 7661 6E63 6564 2041 7564 696F 2043 Advanced Audio C
000C48E0 6F64 6572 2028 6874 7470 3A2F 2F77 7777 oder (http://www
000C48F0 2E61 7564 696F 636F 6469 6E67 2E63 6F6D .audiocoding.com
000C4900 2F29 0A20 436F 7079 7269 6768 7420 2843 /). Copyright (C
000C4910 2920 3139 3939 2C32 3030 302C 3230 3031 ) 1999,2000,2001
000C4920 2020 4D65 6E6E 6F20 4261 6B6B 6572 0A20 Menno Bakker.
000C4930 436F 7079 7269 6768 7420 2843 2920 3230 Copyright (C) 20
000C4940 3032 2C32 3030 3320 204B 727A 7973 7A74 02,2003 Krzyszt
000C4950 6F66 204E 696B 6965 6C0A 5468 6973 2073 of Nikiel.This s
000C4960 6F66 7477 6172 6520 6973 2062 6173 6564 oftware is based
000C4970 206F 6E20 7468 6520 4953 4F20 4D50 4547 on the ISO MPEG
000C4980 2D34 2072 6566 6572 656E 6365 2073 6F75 -4 reference sou
000C4990 7263 6520 636F 6465 2E0A 0000 312E 3234 rce code....1.24
Yeah. Apparently
FAAC code was used too. I positively identified several functions myself. For starters: The function at virtual offset 0x1007BA80 is known as WriteFAACStr in the file bitstream.c of the FAAC project. You can work yourself through other FAAC functions from there. I don't know for sure if that's GPL or LGPL. I think it's LGPL though.
And while we're at it. Matti found
mpg123 references. In his opinion this is how the mpglib code made it into the OCX. It still needs to be determined if there's more mpg123 code in the OCX except the mpglib stuff. If that's the case another GPL infringement can be added to the list.
פיאסקו סוני- איפה נעלמו חברות האבטחה? כצפוי, גירסת המק מעוררת סערה, למרות שההפעלה היא ידנית. אחרי שהתגלה שהרוטקיט של סוני מפר את הרשיון של LAME, נראה שהתחביב החדש ברשת הוא למצוא איזה עוד רשיונות סוני מפרה. ועם כל זה, יש...
Tracked: Nov 19, 02:56
Apparently a german programmer has found evidence that the code used in Sony’s root kit fiasco was stolen in violation of the LGPL License. The anti-piracy program, called XCP, was created for Sony BMG by the UK-based company First 4 Internet. ...
Tracked: Nov 19, 19:22
Oul, la mauvaise campagne de pub pour Sony BMG. Non content d'installer un rootkit lorsqu'on coute un de leurs CDs dans un lecteur de PC, ils ont aussi utiliss du code sous licence GPL et LGPL, sans la respecter, cette licence. Cette histoire fait...
Tracked: Nov 20, 10:47
I really really really hope that someone in the open-source community sues Sony’s ass for copyright infringement. (Felten’s post reproduced below.) (Incidentally, if you wonder why I include articles in my posts so much, try searching for a
Tracked: Nov 21, 16:07