Hello all, I've almost finished ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/pci. I've just got one problem in the pdplus directory. pdplus.c is licensed as GPL v2 or later and is well commented as regards registers and hex values but contains this interesting comment:
* NOTES (ht): * If you got this as part of the ALSA driver, some parts you might want to have * for improvement of this driver are missing. These missing parts are a) the * file README.pdplus, b) programs that generate the following files * automatically: * * Package name Output file Input file * --------------------------------------------------------- * bit2uchar card-pdplus-pga-a.c pdplusa.rbt * -"- card-pdplus-pga-d.c pdplusd.rbt * assert.pl card-pdplus-failure.h card-pdplus.c * * Do not hesitate to contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] to get these programs, they are * free software. They will soon appear in the WWW (presumable at www.theiling.de). The files pdplus-pga-a.c and pdplus-pga-d.c (which I'm guessing have the prefix 'code-' removed) contain long strings of hex with minimal C structures around them. As far as I can tell from a little Googling, .rbt files are text encoded bitstreams usually used with Lego Mindstorms. These input files and packages (apart from assert.pl) are currently not available on the website given. Should I contact the author to obtain these files and verify their freedom, or mark both of them as non-free? Also, I would like to apologise for my stupid question about to the list about MP3 patents last week. I was tired and only skimming through my mail, and I should have paid more attention before posting. Sorry about that. Thanks, Eric (MentalNotes) _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
