From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 17:11:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 17:10:59 -0400 Received: from panic.ohr.gatech.edu ([130.207.47.194]:6804 "HELO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 17:10:51 -0400 Message-ID: <3B292857.EE72EBE7@mandrakesoft.com> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 17:10:47 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik Organization: MandrakeSoft X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.6-pre3 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Riley Williams Cc: Ion Badulescu , Shawn Starr , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox Subject: Re: Gigabit Intel NIC? - Intel Gigabit Ethernet Pro/1000T In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Riley Williams wrote: > > Hi Ion. > > >> Shawn, I'd suggest you tell the said sales guy that IF he can > >> get you the FULL specs TOGETHER WITH permission to freely > >> distribute them... > > > Permission to freely distribute the specs isn't necessary, > > although it is nice indeed. All that's needed is permission to > > GPL the driver sources written using knowledge from said specs. > > That presupposes that the person they give the specs to is the person > writing the driver. I don't remember shawn offering to write a driver > or anything approaching that. > > As I see it, if Shawn has permission to freely distribute the specs, > he can send a copy to Alan Cox for forwarding to the relevant driver > developers. However, if he has to sign an NDA to get them, they're > useless... > > Alan: Am I right in assuming this? If you can find specs, I have tested cards and help write a driver... Jeff -- Jeff Garzik | Andre the Giant has a posse. Building 1024 | MandrakeSoft |