On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 15:49:47 +0100, Lars Roland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 09:27:24 -0500, Timothy Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not sure I CAN have an update. I just don't have enough > > information. However, my uninformed opinion is that we can release > > MOST of the driver source under an open source license that is BSD or > > MIT style and tell people that if they want to build the driver, they > > have to either get the MS DDK. If we can find another way to do it, > > that's great too, but I don't see it as such a big deal. Most people > > won't use the source to the Windows version. Most people won't use > > the source to the Mac or Solaris versions either, even though those > > would be totally open source. > > Yes my exact thought. We can just partition, the code into parts that > will allow it to be released under some free license. I for one do not > care if the code only compile using Visual Studio and some proprietary > DDK, as I have all of them - it is also my opinion, that anybody > serious about helping with the Windows driver, will own the > appropriate tools for doing so. If somebody can com up with a free > develop environment (perhaps using MinGW and some free DDK), then that > is grate to, I just do not see it as such a big problem. > > Anyway thanks for your answer, the only reason i requested the info > from you was because Windows licensing is a big mess and I hoped that > perhaps TechSource had some knowledge about it. >
I'm afraid we don't have any special knowledge. I say we just push forward with the assumption that building the driver for Windows will require VS, the DDK, and some instructions about what code from the DDK may have to be modified in some way or other (a patch). If someone helps us to change that, GREAT, but it's not critical. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
