Return-path: Received: from mail3.webfaction.com ([70.85.44.146]:37336 "EHLO mail3.webfaction.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754727AbXKAT7L (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:59:11 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 15:07:11 -0400 From: Forest Bond To: "John W. Linville" Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: VT6656 driver source available from VIA Message-ID: <20071101190711.GB17825@storm.local.network> (sfid-20071101_195916_363066_72B80B61) References: <20070919193743.GA14127@storm.local.network> <20071101185900.GD14943@tuxdriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2B/JsCI69OhZNC5r" In-Reply-To: <20071101185900.GD14943@tuxdriver.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --2B/JsCI69OhZNC5r Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi John, 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: > > Hi, > >=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 > > http://www.viaarena.com/Driver/vt6656-linux-x86-src-v113.rar >=20 > Forest, >=20 > Any luck getting license clarification from VIA? Sorry for the silence. I think I might have mentioned before that the company I work for has an established relationship with VIA which in most circumstances can be helpfu= l for handling situations like this one. Unfortunately, I've not been able to br= ing it up as a business-related item due to some unfortunate circumstances that= I'm not permitted to elaborate upon here. 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 ang= st 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? Thanks, Forest --=20 Forest Bond http://www.alittletooquiet.net --2B/JsCI69OhZNC5r 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) iD8DBQFHKiPfRO4fQQdv5AwRAhwSAKDCdul1ChjI9XEfJgqJKZ0UWqRs+wCglupP hiPHOVs6HQ9o4JV5BeTkFKg= =0uEP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2B/JsCI69OhZNC5r--