From: Thierry Merle <thierry.merle@free.fr>
To: Alex Speed Kjeldsen <alex.kjeldsen@gmail.com>
Cc: Hans Werner <HWerner4@gmx.de>, linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] DVB-T USB Device which doesn't require non-free software
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:38:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48B59F1E.4070007@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080822082224.5c72335d@ask-gnewsense>
Alex Speed Kjeldsen a écrit :
>> Alex is concerned about which licenses these drivers and firmwares are released
>> under. He is using gNewSense so he clearly cares that they are free as in free beer *and* free
>> as in free speech. You say there are two pieces of firmware. Could you clarify (1) which
>> files you are talking about, (2) who holds the copyrights and (3) whether the driver
>> and firmware source codes are available and under what licenses.
>>
>> Binaries coded in ascii are still binaries.
>>
>
>
> Thank you Hans for clarifying. This is exactly what I am concerned about.
>
> After a tip on the gNewSense Forum, I think a solution could be this item:
>
> http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/TerraTec_Cinergy_T2
>
>
Right, this device works without firmware loading, I confirm.
This is a good choice for a DVB-T only tuner.
Regards,
Thierry
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-27 18:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-21 10:46 [linux-dvb] DVB-T USB Device which doesn't require non-free software Alex Speed Kjeldsen
2008-08-21 12:07 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-08-21 13:47 ` Alex Speed Kjeldsen
2008-08-21 14:56 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-08-21 15:00 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-08-21 15:54 ` Hans Werner
2008-08-21 16:23 ` Markus Rechberger
2008-08-22 6:22 ` Alex Speed Kjeldsen
2008-08-27 18:38 ` Thierry Merle [this message]
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