I don't get what the issue with PCNTPK.COM packet driver is? Per the amdpd.zip file at http://crynwr.com/drivers/00index.html , it is copyright Russell Nelson 1990 w/a GPLv1 license in 1990 and copyright AMD 1993 w/a pseudo Public Domain-ish license (PCNTPK.ASM). While not packaged the way we expect of GPL v2 or v3 code, I think the 1990 copyright and GPL v1 license would supersede AMD's, but IANAL. Russell Nelson wrote many of the drivers and/or skeletons in his collection.
If this driver from Crynwr doesn't suit you, I think many of the vendors (IBM, HP, Compaq, Dell, etc.) in the past have had compatible drivers. Check their driver lists and/or FTP archives. The driver has been packaged dozens and maybe hundreds of times. I think AMD would sue various people & companies if they had an issue. On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 9:08 PM David Calman < alt.people.davidcal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Does this mean it will be pulled from the distribution? Or does it > mean we'll actually try and address this issue head-on, because now it > affects two packages? > > I think FDNET is pretty mission-critical, given it's in the default > FDAUTO.BAT. The problem with that, if what I read on the wiki is > correct, is that AMD tried to pull some shenanigans after releasing > PCNTPK to the public. The Crynwr package also has this problem because > it contains PCNTPK.COM. > > Do we simply drop support for AMD network interface cards? Is that the > solution here? > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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