Dell has published the source code behind the the Dell Streak, after some online protesters claimed that it was violating the terms of the GNU Public License.

The code is available for download here, with the folders dated Sept. 24.

Protests cropped up after Dell began shipping the Streak this month in the U.S., was first releasing it in the United Kingdom in June.

According to a small but vocal group of developers and enthusiasts online, the Streak used code licensed under the GNU General Public License, which allows third parties to both use and modify the code, provided that the company or person publishes the object code, either as part of a shipping device, on a physical medium, or publicly available via a server.

That license required Dell to publish the code - promptly, in the eyes of many.

Dell blogger Lionel Menchaca issued a tweet on Friday, simply stating "FYI..." and a retweet by Scott Spence, an Microsoft Access and Excel developer who originally broadcast the link.