> People around here use Alcatel/Thomson "Speedtouch" and Sagem
> "Fast" USB ADSLs. Linux has open-source drivers for both.
> USB seems like an advantage in this case, too - you can connect
> to any machine including non-PCI small network storage servers
> with non-x86 CPU.
In this part of the wor
"Nathan Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The binary blob is run in the kernel. I wasn't aware of any
> completely open-source drivers for ADSL modems, mine is a PCI ADSL
> modem.
People around here use Alcatel/Thomson "Speedtouch" and Sagem
"Fast" USB ADSLs. Linux has open-source drivers
> My company has been given documentation and the library source under
> the terms of an NDA with the chipset manufacturer. We are permitted
> to compile the library and distribute the resultant binary blob, but
> not release the source to the library.
> The binary blob is linked into the driver
> > My company has been given documentation and the library source under
> > the terms of an NDA with the chipset manufacturer. We are permitted
> > to compile the library and distribute the resultant binary blob, but
> > not release the source to the library.
> >
> > The binary blob is linked in
> My company has been given documentation and the library source under
> the terms of an NDA with the chipset manufacturer. We are permitted
> to compile the library and distribute the resultant binary blob, but
> not release the source to the library.
>
> The binary blob is linked into the drive
On Tuesday 07 August 2007, Nathan Williams wrote:
> My company has been given documentation and the library source under
> the terms of an NDA with the chipset manufacturer. We are permitted
> to compile the library and distribute the resultant binary blob, but
> not release the source to the libr
> b) if the binary blob is really a library to be run in kernel (host)
> space then there is no point in writing such driver - there are
> completely open-source drivers for ADSL devices and most (if not
> all) people will prefer them over any binary library.
>
> Perhaps you can convince the chipse
> I'm working on a driver for an ADSL modem which requires the use of a
> binary library from the chipset manufacturer. All my source code is
> GPL, so that others are free to distribute and modify the driver.
> After asking the FSF for advice and working through their FAQ, I've
> given permissio
Hi,
"Nathan Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm working on a driver for an ADSL modem which requires the use of a
> binary library from the chipset manufacturer.
Legal things aside, the practical solutions are:
a) if the binary "library" is just firmware running on modem's CPU
(outside
Hello Nathan,
There has been a lot of discussion about this in the past.
Read for example this thread: http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/13/370
This will probably clears some things up.
Remy
2007/8/6, Nathan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi,
>
> I'm working on a driver for an ADSL modem which requi
On Aug 6 2007 17:53, Nathan Williams wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm working on a driver for an ADSL modem which requires the use of a
>binary library from the chipset manufacturer. All my source code is
>GPL, [...]
>I've given permission for the binary library file to be used with the GPL
>source code and be
> After asking the FSF for advice and working through their FAQ, I've
> given permission for the binary library file to be used with the GPL
> source code and be re-distributed with it.
Only the copyright holder can give additional permissions for a piece of
code so for such a change you must have
Hi,
I'm working on a driver for an ADSL modem which requires the use of a
binary library from the chipset manufacturer. All my source code is
GPL, so that others are free to distribute and modify the driver.
After asking the FSF for advice and working through their FAQ, I've
given permission for
13 matches
Mail list logo
