Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:49:49 -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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Hi,

On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 12:06:34PM -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 12:00:51PM -0500, Forest Bond wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 09:07:31PM -0500, Forest Bond wrote:
>>> The post is here:
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>>> http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.aspx?catid=3D28&threadid=3D78745
>>>=20
>>> Any noise that can be contributed is welcome and appreciated.  You'll n=
eed
>>> to create an account to post, though.
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>> I also added these.  Perhaps having plenty of content/links regarding th=
is
>> issue will help to increase visibility:
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>> http://www.alittletooquiet.net/text/a-license-for-the-via-vt6656-linux-d=
river/
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/162671
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> Excellent...I appreciate your efforts as an agitator! :-)

At this point I am not anticipating positive results WRT this endeavor, and=
 am
unable to pursue further assistance from VIA.  Further, I've seen that the
driver in question likely exhibits some interesting quirks that makes it
difficult to use.  It is also bit-rotting out of relevance.

Can the driver be used as a reference for a fresh implementation?  I've not
written a driver before, but would be open to the possibility.

What are the legal ramifications of a driver author having access to
proprietary source code?

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

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