From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.kapsi.fi ([217.30.184.167]:49084 "EHLO mail.kapsi.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751024Ab3HSUKQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:10:16 -0400 Message-ID: <52127B7C.2090307@iki.fi> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 23:09:32 +0300 From: Antti Palosaari MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hans Petter Selasky CC: Steven Toth , Ulf , linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Hauppauge HVR-900 HD and HVR 930C-HD with si2165 References: <520F643C.70306@iki.fi> <5210B5F3.4040607@bitfrost.no> <52127667.8050202@bitfrost.no> In-Reply-To: <52127667.8050202@bitfrost.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 08/19/2013 10:47 PM, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > On 08/18/13 21:02, Steven Toth wrote: >>> FYI: The Si2168 driver is available from "dvbsky-linux-3.9-hps-v2.diff" >>> inside. Maybe the Si2165 is similar? >> >> Excellent. >> > > Hi Guys, > > I was contacted by someone claiming to be from "RSD" ??, named Danny > Griegs, off-list, claiming I have the source code for sit2.c and cannot > distribute it. > > I want to make clear to everyone that the tarball I've provided only > contains the C-equivalent of the "objdump -dx" output from the > media_build-bst/v4l/sit2.o.x86 which is distributed officially by DVBSKY. > > He claimed I had to pull the tarball off my site right away or face > legal actions. I cannot understand this, and would like to ask you guys > what you think. Obviously my sit2.c is too similar to their "licensed" > sit2.c. And now these guys want to send a lawyer after me. What a mess. > Should I laugh or cry. Any advice from you guys about this? Mabbe better to take off and develop clean room reverse-engineered one from the sniffs. It should not be mission impossible, but took a much more time. Also, it could be possible to get datasheets from the chipset vendor in order to develop totally new driver. > BTW: The hexdump of the sit2.o.x86 contains the string "license=GPL". > Does that give me any rights to redistribute the re-assembled C-code ? I think that is grey area. There is a lot of binary modules having GPL license symbol whilst code is never shared... >>> 00002460 63 28 29 20 66 61 69 6c 65 64 0a 00 01 36 73 69 |c() >>> failed...6si| >>> 00002470 74 32 3a 20 25 73 2c 20 70 6f 77 65 72 20 75 70 |t2: %s, >>> power up| >>> 00002480 0a 00 01 36 73 69 74 32 3a 20 25 73 2c 20 70 6f >>> |...6sit2: %s, po| >>> 00002490 77 65 72 20 75 70 5b 25 64 5d 0a 00 76 65 72 73 |wer >>> up[%d]..vers| >>> 000024a0 69 6f 6e 3d 31 2e 30 30 00 6c 69 63 65 6e 73 65 >>> |ion=1.00.license| >>> 000024b0 3d 47 50 4c 00 61 75 74 68 6f 72 3d 4d 61 78 20 >>> |=GPL.author=Max | >>> 000024c0 4e 69 62 62 6c 65 20 3c 6e 69 62 62 6c 65 2e 6d |Nibble >>> >> 000024d0 61 78 40 67 6d 61 69 6c 2e 63 6f 6d 3e 00 64 65 >>> |ax@gmail.com>.de| >>> 000024e0 73 63 72 69 70 74 69 6f 6e 3d 73 69 74 32 20 64 >>> |scription=sit2 d| >>> 000024f0 65 6d 6f 64 75 6c 61 74 6f 72 20 64 72 69 76 65 >>> |emodulator drive| >>> 00002500 72 00 70 61 72 6d 3d 73 69 74 32 5f 64 65 62 75 >>> |r.parm=sit2_debu| >>> 00002510 67 3a 41 63 74 69 76 61 74 65 73 20 66 72 6f 6e >>> |g:Activates fron| >>> 00002520 74 65 6e 64 20 64 65 62 75 67 67 69 6e 67 20 28 |tend >>> debugging (| >>> 00002530 64 65 66 61 75 6c 74 3a 30 29 00 70 61 72 6d 74 >>> |default:0).parmt| >>> 00002540 79 70 65 3d 73 69 74 32 5f 64 65 62 75 67 3a 69 >>> |ype=sit2_debug:i| > > Thank you. > > --HPS regards Antti -- http://palosaari.fi/