From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from [195.7.61.12] (helo=killala.koala.ie) by www.linuxtv.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1L7o1e-0001la-57 for linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:28:06 +0100 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (killala.koala.ie [195.7.61.12]) (authenticated bits=0) by killala.koala.ie (8.14.0/8.13.7) with ESMTP id mB39S6t1016811 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:28:06 GMT Message-ID: <49365170.9010400@koala.ie> Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:29:20 +0000 From: Simon Kenyon MIME-Version: 1.0 To: DVB ML References: <412bdbff0812021455n221ee909nba6c7e546f1a0650@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <412bdbff0812021455n221ee909nba6c7e546f1a0650@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] Pinnacle 80e support: not going to happen... List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-dvb-bounces@linuxtv.org Errors-To: linux-dvb-bounces+mchehab=infradead.org@linuxtv.org List-ID: Devin Heitmueller wrote: > After investing over 100 hours doing the driver work, adding support > for the Empia em2874, integrating with the Linux tda18271 driver, > incorporating the Micronas drx reference driver source, and doing all > the testing, Micronas has effectively killed the project. They > decided that their intellectual property was too valuable to make > available their reference driver code in source code form. Even > worse, because I've seen the sources I am effectively prevented from > writing any sort of reverse engineered driver for the drx-j. > do we have a list of all the cards that have micronas hardware in them if so we should put it on the wiki and advise people to choose other hardware the days of closed-source are over -- simon _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb