On Mon, 2008-06-23 at 21:54 +0200, Sam Geeraerts wrote: > Peter and Jesse wrote: > > I have contacted the copyright holders for > > ubuntu/media/gspcav1/Vimicro/cs2102.h. I have received the following: > > "These values are reverse engineered the usb protocole between the > > webcam and a windoze box." > > > > I don't think it make sense to try to contact the authors of every file. > > cs2102.h seems to be one of the most hex-intensive files, so if it is > > reverse-engineered, I think that similar files probably are as well. I > > am inclined to mark these as free. > > > > Comments? > > Peter Stevenson > > > > Good enough for me. It might be a good idea to add that response in the > wiki comment for that file. > > This is a good one to remember for the hex/firmware/blob rules of thumb > I suggested a few days ago. But what rule of thumb could be extracted > from this? "Communication with a USB device is probably reverse > engineered, which makes the code free", perhaps?
Perhaps if you do so a comment about the hex arrays on the wiki page would be apropriate? kk -- Karl Goetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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