Return-path: Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:3581 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753946AbXKATNB (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:13:01 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:12:50 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Forest Bond Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: VT6656 driver source available from VIA Message-ID: <20071101191250.GE14943@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20071101_191314_294356_0164F15B) References: <20070919193743.GA14127@storm.local.network> <20071101185900.GD14943@tuxdriver.com> <20071101190711.GB17825@storm.local.network> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20071101190711.GB17825@storm.local.network> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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! Thanks, John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com