Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262278AbVDGIqg (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Apr 2005 04:46:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262289AbVDGIqg (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Apr 2005 04:46:36 -0400 Received: from smtp10.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.22.21]:19053 "EHLO smtp10.wanadoo.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262278AbVDGIqa convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Apr 2005 04:46:30 -0400 X-ME-UUID: 20050407084629686.A7AE32000343@mwinf1003.wanadoo.fr Subject: Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice. From: Xavier Bestel To: Olivier Galibert Cc: David Schmitt , debian-kernel@lists.debian.org, Jes Sorensen , Matthew Wilcox , Greg KH , Sven Luther , Michael Poole , debian-legal@lists.debian.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acenic@sunsite.dk In-Reply-To: <20050407083205.GA74679@dspnet.fr.eu.org> References: <20050404100929.GA23921@pegasos> <20050404183909.GI18349@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <200504071004.32692@zion.black.co.at> <1112861835.8281.204.camel@gonzales> <20050407083205.GA74679@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 10:46:11 +0200 Message-Id: <1112863572.8281.209.camel@gonzales> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1018 Lines: 25 Le jeudi 07 avril 2005 à 10:32 +0200, Olivier Galibert a écrit : > On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 10:17:15AM +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote: > > Le jeudi 07 avril 2005 à 10:04 +0200, David Schmitt a écrit : > > > > > Then I would like to exercise my right under the GPL to aquire the source code > > > for the firmware (and the required compilers, starting with genfw.c which is > > > mentioned in acenic_firmware.h) since - as far as I know - firmware is coded > > > today in VHDL, C or some assembler and the days of hexcoding are long gone. > > > > VHDL is a hardware description language. You don't code firmware in > > VHDL. > > If the firmware, or part of it, is uploaded to a fpga you do (or > Verilog instead of VHDL, same difference). Oh yes, I was dense. Xav - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/