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Re: Keyspan Firmware fun



On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 01:34:06AM -0600, Walter Landry wrote:
> > 	- the file keyspan_pda_fw.h is under the GPL.  Is is a compiled
> > 	  image of the keyspan_pda.S in the same directory
> > 	  (drivers/usb/serial in the kernel tree.)  This is a wonderful
> > 	  achievement by Brian Warner who wrote his own firmware to
> > 	  control this device, before Keyspan ever released their specs.
> 
> Good to know.  Is it possible for whomever is responsible to explicitly
> clarify that in that file?

Patches are always welcome :)

> Also, if you could tell us which other firmware's have license's that
> are funny, we'll take a look at them.  The original Keyspan license is
> definitely a non-starter, though.

I don't remember, when we were researching the original Keyspan license,
a few other ones came up.  I'd recommend someone from the debian group
go through the whole tree since this seems to be a volatile topic :)

thanks,

greg k-h



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