On Mon, 2008-06-23 at 17:19 +1200, Eric Padman wrote: > 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:
Thanks for your work! > > * 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: trim. > > 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? Contact the author please. I suspect what will need to happen (ultimately) is; - you ask the author - they publish the source 'properly' - we/i/you files a bug with debian to get it packaged by the alsa team (or whoever looks after alsa) - this problem goes away properly in a [debian] release or so. For us to keep those files we would have to introduce the package into our repo of our own accord i expect. > > 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. no worries. kk > > Thanks, > Eric (MentalNotes) -- Karl Goetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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