Return-path: Received: from mail3.webfaction.com ([70.85.44.146]:58792 "EHLO mail3.webfaction.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752121AbXKNRB4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:01:56 -0500 Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:00:51 -0500 From: Forest Bond To: "John W. Linville" Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: VT6656 driver source available from VIA Message-ID: <20071114170051.GD23778@storm.local.network> (sfid-20071114_170159_855138_899A6D70) References: <20070919193743.GA14127@storm.local.network> <20071101185900.GD14943@tuxdriver.com> <20071101190711.GB17825@storm.local.network> <20071101191250.GE14943@tuxdriver.com> <20071105020730.GA4414@storm.local.network> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Xm/fll+QQv+hsKip" In-Reply-To: <20071105020730.GA4414@storm.local.network> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --Xm/fll+QQv+hsKip Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 09:07:31PM -0500, Forest Bond wrote: > 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 VT665= 6 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 p= ersonal > > > contact at VIA), but neither has yielded anything useful. I think th= e only > > > remaining effective option is to bring it up on viaarena.com. Consum= er angst > > > runs thick in those parts, and VIA has occasionally been known to res= pond > > > semi-positively. In this case, that just might be enough, since their > > > intentions were clearly to open-source the driver, despite their appa= rent > > > 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! >=20 > The post is here: >=20 > http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.aspx?catid=3D28&threadid=3D78745 >=20 > Any noise that can be contributed is welcome and appreciated. You'll nee= d to > create an account to post, though. >=20 > Thanks, > Forest > --=20 > Forest Bond > http://www.alittletooquiet.net I also added these. Perhaps having plenty of content/links regarding this = issue will help to increase visibility: http://www.alittletooquiet.net/text/a-license-for-the-via-vt6656-linux-driv= er/ https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/162671 Thanks, Forest --=20 Forest Bond http://www.alittletooquiet.net --Xm/fll+QQv+hsKip Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHOynDRO4fQQdv5AwRAnWpAKCgzMiooK14FLPsGeui82nGHAhKhACdHJWl gQFrk6Bf72wwqSErOnHQZ5s= =zC4a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Xm/fll+QQv+hsKip--