Hi all,
I guess we are all going off on the wrong foot here.
If Anil wants someone to hack into a linux box which is said to be proprietory, it seems that he is the wronged party since he did not recieve the source along with the binary as per the GPL.
Linux can be as proprietory or as open as you want. It just depends on to whom you distribute the binaries. If you don't distribute, then you can do whatever you want with the sources without giving it out to anyone.
Anyway, from what I see about Anil's requests, he wants someone to hack into a linux box and install some software. This may or may not involve writing any software. It may be more a question of finding out weaknesses in the linux distribution on the box and exploiting them. Doesn't look like any GPL is being violated here though the ethics may be questionable.
Just my $0.02.
Regards, Rajesh