Re: GPL source code for Smart USB 56 modem (includes ALSA AC97 patch)

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
2004-09-09T14:38:01Z

On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 03:46:14PM +0200, Erik Mouw wrote:

> > all their code is GPL. this is very cool.
>
> Most of their code is not GPL'ed. It does have a COPYING file, but that
> looks like a BSD license to me. The only (implicitly) GPL'ed part is
> the ALSA patch.

well, better than nothing.

> > it is available here:
> >
> > http://www.smlink.com/main/down/slmodem-2.9.9.tar.gz
> >
> > i trust that someone will download, check it, and if
> > appropriate, incorporate it into the mainstream linux kernel.
>
> It's not a GPL driver, the kernel part contains a binary object file
> (drivers/amrlibs.o) so I don't see how it can be included in the main
> kernel tree.

DRAT.

> OTOH, at first glance only the PCI driver needs that
> binary blob, the USB driver doesn't.

ah ha!

i sent them a message, see if they react well to licensing the
rest as GPL.

l.