From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BVUDu-00051d-F1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 07:47:58 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BVUDr-0004zN-R2 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 07:47:57 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BVUDr-0004z3-O9 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 07:47:55 -0400 Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1BVUDV-0000y5-DG for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 07:47:33 -0400 Received: from [81.209.184.159] (helo=dd2718.kasserver.com) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BVU2J-0008I7-8o for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 07:36:04 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.7] (dsl-082-083-135-001.arcor-ip.net [82.83.135.1]) by dd2718.kasserver.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6409CB7528 for ; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 13:33:20 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <40BDBB7A.1080805@fabianowski.de> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:35:22 +0200 From: Bartosz Fabianowski MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Cirrus Logic References: <40BDC1B8.2070301@witch.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <40BDC1B8.2070301@witch.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org > On October 13, 1998, the company sold it's graphics business to > ISDCorp Not quite. What they transferred was the PC graphics software team. Nothing is said in that press release about the hardware side of things. > If you go to www.isdcorp.com, you'll be headed to (drum rolls...) - > http://www.embeddedsoftwaregroup.com/ Yes. And if you click on the "Cirrus Logic" logo in the lower left corner of the website, you will see a disclaimer. Among other things, it states: "Embedded Software Group (ESG) is not part of Cirrus Logic Corporation and does not manufacture the Cirrus Logic Graphics Chips, Graphics Cards or Motherboards." So again, the hardware part of Cirrus' graphics business was not transferred to ISDCorp, while the software side was: "ESG is an independent software company specializing in the development of the software device drivers that allow peripheral devices to work with your operating system." > [...] I hardly belive that someone would care about it. Heck, I'm > willing to host the code on my server if it's so much problem... I agree that it is very unlikely anybody would care. Most developers also find it boring and annoying to try and figure out the legalities behind every little step they take. I personally just happen to be interested in the legal matters behind things. That is why I posed the question in the first place and that is why I am still interested in seeing whether I can get official permission from Cirrus. Not that others care, I just consider this an interesting task for myself. - Bartosz