Gilles Espinasse a dit : > > Selon Richard van der Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Benoit PAPILLAULT wrote: >> > SuperDindon a �crit : >> >>Hi, >> > [cut] >> >>http://perso.wanadoo.fr/superdindon/speedtouch-mod/ >> > [cut] >> > >> >>i hope that it'll make many people to immigrate from Windows, before >> that those sucking software patents stave off Linux to grow up >> > [cut] >> > Like I said earlier, you cannot redistribute the firmare. See clause >> 4 of their license: >> ... >> > - ask them to change the License (why not since they provided the >> firwmare separately only for Linux users). >> >> somebody probably ought to at least ask them - if you don't ask, you >> don't get! >> > At the time we was forced to load windows or MAC driver to extract the > Rev 4.00 firmwares, I have ask with no result (or maybe a package with > separate firmwares).
Would you have some history of Thomson's answers ? For those interested : at eagle-usb.org, we are in the process of "asking" too for eagle-usb driver (ADSL USB sagem fast 800... et al), our contact being Analog Devices Inc, for the chipset. Well, it takes some time... their legal departement is having a look at it : our problem seems "easier" though, as they are willing to let distribute their firmware+DSPcode by anybody, the main issues being that currently no license is identified... So we asked for GPL. You may have a look at http://dev.eagle-usb.org/wakka.php?wiki=DeveloppementGPL and our needs : http://dev.eagle-usb.org/wakka.php?wiki=RequirementsEagleUsbGPL We tried to imagine what would make them make the move : http://dev.eagle-usb.org/wakka.php?wiki=WhyWouldAnalogReleaseSourceGPL Maybe we've missed some good arguments, any comment is welcome to help, or questions if the text is not clear so that we can make it as precise and complete as possible. Regards Ben'. aka baud123 Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
