Bruce Perens writes: > Sometime after I first started talking with the press about i2o, > someone pointed out that the i2o group had left their standard document > (about 500 pages) on their anonymous FTP server. > ... > As far as I can tell, they have blown any non-disclosure case they ever > might have had.
I just read everything on the I2O site, including the "Initiative Agreement". While they require that the "standard" itself be kept secret, I see nothing that would prohibit the publication of a driver with source. > Unless they make _tremendous_ changes in their standard, we now know all > of what we need to know to write device drivers for it. They can't make major changes: there are already products in the pipeline. Minor changes should be easy to reverse-engineer, given the current document. If I2O becomes a truly public standard, I think it will be big plus for free software. Anyone heard any rumors about where to find a copy of the standard? -- John Hasler This posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind. Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .