Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 21:07:31 -0500
From: Forest Bond <forest@alittletooquiet.net>
To: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: VT6656 driver source available from VIA
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On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 03:12:50PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> 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:
>=20
> > > > A few months ago, VIA quietly released the source for their VT6656 =
USB WiFi
> > > > chip.  The original VIA archive can be downloaded here:
>=20
> > > Any luck getting license clarification from VIA?
>=20
> > I did send a few e-mails (one to the driver developer, and one to a per=
sonal
> > 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 respo=
nd
> > semi-positively.  In this case, that just might be enough, since their
> > intentions were clearly to open-source the driver, despite their appare=
nt
> > inability to document this properly.
> >=20
> > Does that seem like a good path to you?
>=20
> Thas sounds great to me.  I look forward to hearing the results!

The post is here:

http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.aspx?catid=3D28&threadid=3D78745

Any noise that can be contributed is welcome and appreciated.  You'll need =
to
create an account to post, though.

Thanks,
Forest
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Forest Bond
http://www.alittletooquiet.net

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