> Doug: > >> Brian Cameron wrote: >>> SFElibavc1394.spec >>> SFElibiec61883.spec >>> SFElibraw1394.spec >> Brian, >> Is the IEEE1394 spec encumbered? If it is then how does Sun >> publish the code (and details of the spec) in OpenSolaris. > > To be honest, I'm not sure. IEEE 1394 is Firewire technology, right? > I was being conservative in thinking that Firewire may be encumbered. > If it's not, then we can forget about moving this to the "ugly" or > "non-free" directory. Please respond to the public desktop-discuss > list and let people know that you don't think this is actually > encumbered so we can discuss further. > > Brian I though originally that it was licensed per port or system. i.e. If you brought the hardware then the license has been paid. Doing a bit more reading I am now unsure how it works if a product containing IEEE1394 IP is not sold. Until we can be sure it is safer to move it to ugly.
Doug
