Re: [Freedos-user] Crynwr package contains PCNTPK.COM
Hello Louis, 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. "PCNTPK claims 'confidential proprietary information of AMD' but also has GNU GPL v1 and public domain code - really not sure about the license here. This is confusing. The dates suggest it was originally GNU GPL or public domain, then AMD stamped their own 'confidential proprietary information of AMD' license on top of it." (http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Releases/1.3/Packages) Thank you! -- https://gitlab.com/tkchia :: https://github.com/tkchia ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Crynwr package contains PCNTPK.COM
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 > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Crynwr package contains PCNTPK.COM
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
