"P. Christeas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Warren Turkal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Another message from the ESS people. If some other people could take > > > the time to request this info from ESS also, maybe they would be > > > more forthcoming with the info. > > > > Tell them you want the complete specs for the chip, and are willing to > > sign an NDA. That might help. > > That may not be accurate. If you're writing a driver for linux, you most > probably want to publish it under GPL, which definitely conflicts with the > NDA. The NDA should be about the chip only, not the driver.
You could get permission to release source code based on the docs. I got that from 3Dlabs. > The real case you should stick at (the one for any such case) is > that nobody could actually use the linux driver without owning the > product, for which we've paid. Tell them that by supporting (it's so > easy for them) linux, they get themselves out of the "non-desirable" > hardware list. We (linux users) have several lists with hw and > companies we should avoid. ESS is one of them. This is of course preferred, but it doesn't always help. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
