Hello all, Recently I discussed with a guy that could not use his "Schlumberger Reflex 72" reader under OpenBSD because the driver was not available in source code. I checked and it was true. I was very surprised drivers were distributed on the MUSCLE web site without the source code!
So I took a few hours to check _every_ driver available on http://linuxnet.com/sourcedrivers.html. And here I give you my results. I would like to see the driver page redesigned to clearly separate "binary", "non free" and "free softwares". I think it is important for someone looking at a smart card reader to know if his reader is supported under Linux (or another Unix like OS) and what he is allowed to do with the driver. Thank you for your comments. comments ======== - I would like to see the drivers in the "non free software" section go in the "free software" section ("free" as in "free speech" not "free bear"). Many of them have _no licence_ or refer to an external licence. It should be easy to correct this if the authors are still "alive". A licence-less software is useless since you have no right to use it and no right to modify and distribute it (for Linux distributions). - Dave may have problems since some "non free" and "binary only" drivers have not licence. Dave may not even have the right to distribute them thru linuxnet.com! - Many drivers use code from David Corcoran under a GPL licence. The problem is that Dave does not include the licence in each source file but just reference a LICENCE file - I don't know how to solve problems with external sites. What happens if the pages are moved? removed? I am not realy sure it is a problem. - A code without licence is not free since the author does not grant you any rights, even not the right to use the soft. BINARY ONLY DRIVERS =================== KOBIL Systems Pro Readers (0.1.0) No licence archive not on MUSCLE web site :-( (what happens if kobil.de decides to remove it?) just contains libkobil_pro_ifd.so Omnikey Cardman 2020/6000 (1.0.3) No licence no source code Omnikey Cardman 4000 (1.0.2) no licence no source code Schlumberger Reflex 72 (1.1.0) reference "license for pcsc-lite on http://www.linuxnet.com"; no source code for the lib/libctapi.a SCM SCR-110 (0.3.8) empty LICENSE file! no source code NON FREE SOFTWARES ================== Athena Serial 2-slot (0.4.0) source files No licence (Insert ASE Software Licensing Agreement here) ACS CyberMouse Serial (1.0.0) just points to http://www.acs.com.hk/ :-( Source files in http://www.acs.com.hk/downloads/acsr2032.tar.gz comment on the web site "Proprietary Linux driver" No licence Source files in http://www.acs.com.hk/downloads/linuxpcsc.zip No licence (Insert ACS Software Licensing Agreement here) Ankari CardDrive (0.0.1) Strange archive name "-------abio_cdrive-drv-0.0.1.tar.gz" refer to "See LICENSE under pcsc-lite". The licence should be included in the archive. DeLaRue Serial (0.0.5) reference to LICENSE file which is not included. Phillips PE-112 Serial (0.0.5) reference to LICENSE file which is not included. ZeitControl Chipi Serial (1.0.0) Just points to http://home.ovb.net/~dschanz/zc_class.htm source files are in http://home.ovb.net/~dschanz/zc_class.tar.gz source code is provided but you can't modify the source or the binary, you can't use it for commercial use FREE SOFTWARES ============== Dallas Semiconductor iButton (1.0.0) just points to http://anoncvs.aldigital.co.uk/iBLab/ :-( source files are in http://anoncvs.aldigital.co.uk/snapshots/iBLab/iBLab-SNAP-011214.tgz but it is an automatic snapshot :-( Old BSD like licence. Contains the "advertising clause" :-( Gemplus GemPC 430 USB ((0.2.A) new BSD like licence (without the advertising clause) Gemplus 410 Serial (2.4.0) GPLv2 licence Gemplus GPR-400 (0.9.6) GPLv2 licence or (at your option) any later version. Gemplus GPR-400 (0.0.0) ifd-gpr400-0.3.tar.gz Old BSD like licence. Contains the "advertising clause" :-( Infineer DT3000 Serial (1.0.0) GPLv2 licence Infineer DT3500 USB (1.0.0) GPLv2 licence Infineer LT4000 PCMCIA (1.0.0) GPLv2 licence Intertex Serial/PCMCIA (0.2.0) GPLv2 licence or (at your option) any later version. Litronic Argus 210 (0.1.7) GPLv2 licence Omnikey Cardman 2010 (1.1.0) Old BSD like licence. Contains the "advertising clause" :-( Orga ECO 5000 (1.0.0) just points to http://www.cardcontact.de/ :-( source files are in http://www.cardcontact.de/download/eco5000/eco5000-0.9.7.tar.gz GPLv2 licence or (at your option) any later version. Orga, Cherry, Gemplus CT-API (1.0.0) just points to http://www.panstruga.de/ct-api/ source files are in http://www.panstruga.de/ct-api/ctapi-mct09.105.tgz Lesser GPL version 2, or (at your option) any later version. Palm Pilot CT-API (1.0.0) Just points to http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/sinciti/smartcard/ Use Carlos Prados towitoko-1.6.3 driver patch source files are in http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/smartcard/palmreader/pilot-serial.tar.gz BSD like licence (withour advertising clause) Schlumberger Reflex 62/64 (2.2.0) Old BSD like licence. Contains the "advertising clause" :-( SCM SCR-301 (0.9.0) Old BSD like licence. Contains the "advertising clause" :-( Todos Argos Mini (0.1.7) GPLv2 licence or (at your option) any later version. Towitoko Serial Readers (2.0.0) Just points to http://www.geocities.com/cprados :-( source files are in http://www.geocities.com/cprados/files/towitoko-2.0.5.tar.gz Lesser GPL v2 Tritheim Serial (1.0.0) Just points to http://www.panstruga.de/ct-api/ source files are in http://www.panstruga.de/ct-api/ctapi-t2i.020.tgz Lesser GPL v2 -- Dr. Ludovic Rousseau [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Normaliser Unix c'est comme pasteuriser le Camembert, L.R. -- *************************************************************** Unix Smart Card Developers - M.U.S.C.L.E. (Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment) http://www.linuxnet.com/ To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe sclinux ***************************************************************
