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Re: [debian-knoppix] include adslconfig tool in Knoppix ?



Selon Eduard Bloch <inet@zombie.inka.de>:

> #include <hallo.h>
> * Florent BERANGER [Wed, Jan 22 2003, 09:54:54PM]:
> > ngth: 1312
> > Lines: 39
> > 
> >   Klaus,   
> > Will it be integrated in the next version ?   
> > It's requested by many users of knoppixfr.org (and me ;).   
> 
> Sorry, I had a quit look on your script and there are still problems:
> 
>  - where is this speedtouchconfig tool you mentioned?

speedtouchconfig is a function !!! See the entire code please.

>  
> > > drivers (  
> > >
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/speedtouch/speedtouch_1.0-1.1rc2-1_i386. 
> 
> > >deb ) (total < 80ko) in the next version of Knoppix, it's very practice ? 
> 
> 
>   not in this package

What ???

> 
> > > - Alcatel Speedtouch USB (need the mgmt.o microcode wich cannot be
> included  
> > > in Knoppix for legal reasons ?)
> 
> Exactly. Impossible. Read the LICENSE:
> 
> 3. Limitations on Duplication. The Developer will not make any copies of the
> 
>   Software or the Documentation; provided, however, that the Developer may 
>   make one complete copy of the Software or the Documentation solely for 
>   backup purposes if such copy of the Software or Documentation contains the
> 
> 
> If, and only if they would allow to distribute the tarball
> (encapsulated into a Debian package), I could imagine that we could
> put this package into Debian/non-free with a postinst script that only
> extracts the needed firmware and maybe some documentation from the
> tarball.
> 
> > > - Globespan based ADSL modems (ECI Hi-Focus,...), (need the driver
> eciadsl  
> > > - http://eciadsl.flashtux.org/ - wich cannot be included in Knoppix for 
> 
> > > legal reasons ?)

The user have to have the deb file to make it works. After search, this deb 
file cannot be included in Knoppix (but the script & speedtouch drivers -> 
yes).

> 
> What is the license? I looked after it, but there is no license file,
> and three source files do not have a copyright notice with GPL, but
> fortunately the rest seems to GPLed. And I like this software
> somehow... one could build a fine Debian package (and so Knoppix
> package) from this driver suite, since it is completely in userspace and
> accompanies the pppoe tool and so may work as backend of pppoeconf. If
> you wish to debianise eciadsl, I could help you.
> 
> Gruss/Regards,
> Eduard.
> -- 
> Aber man hat Shells.  Wieviele Tastaturen hat man?
> 		-- Nils Magnus
> 
  Florent

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