Hi, On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 09:07:31PM -0500, Forest Bond wrote: > 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! > > The post is here: > > http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=78745 > > Any noise that can be contributed is welcome and appreciated. You'll need to > create an account to post, though. > > Thanks, > Forest > -- > Forest Bond > http://www.alittletooquiet.net I also added these. Perhaps having plenty of content/links regarding this issue will help to increase visibility: http://www.alittletooquiet.net/text/a-license-for-the-via-vt6656-linux-driver/ https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/162671 Thanks, Forest -- Forest Bond http://www.alittletooquiet.net
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