Hi, On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 03:12:50PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 03:07:11PM -0400, Forest Bond wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 02:59:00PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 03:37:43PM -0400, Forest Bond wrote: > > > > > A few months ago, VIA quietly released the source for their VT6656 USB > > > > WiFi chip. The original VIA archive can be downloaded here: > > > > Any luck getting license clarification from VIA? > > > I did send a few e-mails (one to the driver developer, and one to a personal > > contact at VIA), but neither has yielded anything useful. I think the only > > remaining effective option is to bring it up on viaarena.com. Consumer angst > > runs thick in those parts, and VIA has occasionally been known to respond > > semi-positively. In this case, that just might be enough, since their > > intentions were clearly to open-source the driver, despite their apparent > > inability to document this properly. > > > > Does that seem like a good path to you? > > Thas sounds great to me. I look forward to hearing the results! Right, of course you do :) I'll write an initial post to viaarena.com tonight. It might be helpful if a few folks from this list drop by and contribute some noise. This isn't really one of VIA's biggest products, and I don't know what the affected user base really looks like. I'd hate to come up short on allies. I'll report back shortly. -Forest -- Forest Bond http://www.alittletooquiet.net
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