As such, the controversies should be discussed in a forum (not the Wikipedia) about what constitutes a GPL distribution but it does not belong here. I motion that the controversy section be removed in its entirety for reasons that it does not bring any substantial facts about specific violations by DD-WRT of the GPL but merely points to items that may possibly be violations, unproven without further research into the licensing agreements. Wikipedia is not for the publishing of unverified accusations. 

 I will remove it myself later if there is no objections or someone else does not do so. I just thought it fair (after so many deletions and restorations) to give it time and not jump the gun. 

 FULL DISCLOSURE: I am not associated with DD-WRT but I do use the free/libre firmware (DD-WRT v24-sp2 (07/22/09) micro - build 12548M NEWD Eko) on a Linksys WRT54GS v6 using the Broadcom BCM5352 chip (rev 0).