Hello everyone. I am a Taiwanese, and I own an Asus A3N, which also uses the ALi Corp webcam.
I just called ALi Corp today asking if we could have the datasheets or product specs. She responded that due to company policy, they were only available to their direct customers (e.g. Asus). No support for end-users are provided on their part. I inquired about the possibility of releasing this information to benefit the F/OSS community. The product manager was absent, and the person on the phone was not qualified to release the information. However, I have acquired: 1. The email of the person who shall handle this affair. This actual email address is less likely to go into the void than [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. The phone extension of the product manager, who I am willing to talk and negotiate with (with my fluent Chinese due to the fact that we are both Taiwanese) Therefore, it would be of much help to let me know: Exactly what information do we need to develop a driver? If it should come up, do we agree to sign an NDA? That I have the support of the community, perhaps the endorsement of the project admin. The next step of action, I believe, is to send a well-phrased email to our contact person at ALi Corp, describing how releasing the datasheets will not do harm to their business, but rather help the widespread of their webcam. If such a letter were to emerge, I also volunteer to offer a Chinese translation to encourage communication. Hopefully this will help the developers! P.S. I actually said that "I represent the Linux community..." I had no idea how to describe myself! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ M560x-driver-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/m560x-driver-devel
