From: "Greg KH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 08:41:52AM -0700, Adam J. Richter wrote:
> > Anyhow, I am quite convinced that including the firmware in
> > a GPL'ed kernel module is copyright infringement. In the case of USB
> > kernel modules, I believe it actually infringes Yggdrasil copyrights.
> > Please stop.
>
> The license on the WhiteHeat firmware is GPL. ConnectTech has been very
> supportive of Linux development. I understand that you are worried
> about the Keyspan firmware license, but please don't push those feelings
> over to companies like ConnectTech, or to the keyspan_pda firmware,
> which is also GPLed.
I suppose I should have introduced myself. I'm
the Linux guy over at Connect Tech. Greg knows
myself and some of our hardware guys. He's
responsible for the majority of the driver so far,
but I'll be maintaining it eventually.
From: "Adam J. Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> In the case of USB
> kernel modules, I believe it actually infringes Yggdrasil copyrights.
I'm curious to exactly what you mean by that. It seems
to me you're saying that you (Yggdrasil) has a copyright
on ezusb firmware built as kernel modules. A quick look
at your site reveals that you don't make ezusb hardware
or Connect Tech firmware, so I know I'm misunderstanding
something. :-)
> You cannot use USB serial devices as serial consoles in either
> case. USB is not initialized soon enough.
Ah, that I did not know.
> What kind of archive? The email covering this topic has
> occurred primarily in the last 72 hours. The ezusb_upload and
I meant an email archive. David Brownell answered that
elsewhere. Thanks David.
..Stu
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