On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Sam Geeraerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Karl Goetz wrote: > >> On Mon, 2008-06-23 at 12:37 -0700, Peter and Jesse wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 2008-06-21 at 22:20 +0200, Carsten Agger wrote: >>> >>>> On Sat, 2008-06-21 at 15:12 +0200, Sam Geeraerts wrote: >>>> >>>>> Peter and Jesse wrote: >>>>> >>>> Maybe it would be a good idea to contact some of the individuals >>>> credited with the code or perhaps somebody knowledgeable in this kind of >>>> development to clear this up - possibly somebody in kernel development >>>> or similarly? Who would that be? >>>> >>>> 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. >>> >> >> If its the prefered form of modification (which i'm guessing it is) then >> it would be free. >> kk >> >> > I think the original manufacturer's source code would be much clearer > (although you never now with some cheap crap), which would make it the > preferred form of modification. The reverse engineered form would then be > the preferred form of modification for lack of something better. :) > > > While the manufacturer's source code would be best, anything that can be easily understood and modified would be free. Unintelligible streams of numbers like these aren't free - unless you can find some good docs explaining what they do. Brian
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