On Jan 7, 2008 1:49 PM, Forest Bond <forest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 12:06:34PM -0500, John W. Linville wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 12:00:51PM -0500, Forest Bond wrote: > >> On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 09:07:31PM -0500, Forest Bond wrote: > >>> 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. > > > >> 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 > > > > Excellent...I appreciate your efforts as an agitator! :-) > > At this point I am not anticipating positive results WRT this endeavor, and am > unable to pursue further assistance from VIA. Further, I've seen that the > driver in question likely exhibits some interesting quirks that makes it > difficult to use. It is also bit-rotting out of relevance. This is unfortunate to hear... > Can the driver be used as a reference for a fresh implementation? I've not > written a driver before, but would be open to the possibility. IANAL but I believe It basically depends on the license the vendor issued the driver under and its sources under. If no license was used then I believe the standard copyright license terms should be assumed. What license was used throughout the driver files? > What are the legal ramifications of a driver author having access to > proprietary source code? Again, I believe it depends on the license/NDA/terms under which the driver author obtained access to such proprietary source code. The more details you provide the better. Luis - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
