I am by no means an open source legal analyst but have wondered for some time how both Innosilicon and Halong Mining have closed source firmware if they are using open source miners.  I have asked both Halong and Innosilicon for copies of the firmware without any luck.

While I know there may be parts that they do not want to share, I am unable to figure out if they can continue to use it without permission from -ck et al. in a closed firmware application.


For those wondering about the Firmware Updates that Inno publishes, those are not complete firmware packages.


Thanks in advance, I hope -ck can chime in.