From: Darren Salt <linux@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: a3load.hex
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:57:42 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DBB6A4721%linux@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051014134617.42227.qmail@web30703.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
I demand that Greg KH may or may not have written...
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 06:14:51AM -0700, william baroniunas wrote:
>> I am not actually giving advice, but seeking it. My concern is that there
>> are many distributions that include this module,
> Which distros are they?
>> and unless we get Cypress to rewrite their copyright, that leaves the door
>> open for litigation.
> They did rewrite it. Have you looked at the version in our cvs tree:
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/linux-hotplug/fxload/a3load.hex?rev=1.1&view=auto
> What is wrong with that?
"... licence to use or redistribute this firmware image ... in conjunction
with devices using a Cypress USB microcontroller".
AFAICS, that gives two possibilities: use with appropriate hardware, and
redistribution with appropriate hardware. It doesn't appear to cover
redistribution without appropriate hardware (for eventual use on appropriate
hardware), which is what's required here.
I suspect that s/in conjunction/for conjunction/ may be enough to close the
door.
(Disclaimer: IANAL.)
[snip] [don't cc to me]
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-10-17 19:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-14 13:46 a3load.hex william baroniunas
2005-10-14 21:13 ` a3load.hex Greg KH
2005-10-15 17:27 ` a3load.hex Adrian McMenamin
2005-10-17 13:14 ` a3load.hex william baroniunas
2005-10-17 18:45 ` a3load.hex Greg KH
2005-10-17 18:59 ` a3load.hex Adrian McMenamin
2005-10-17 19:57 ` Darren Salt [this message]
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