On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Pavel Tkatchouk wrote:
Torgeir wrote:
> > > I have heard second hand that connexant approved creating GPL drivers by
> > > people who had seen the initial drivers. It would be good to see it in
> > > writing though.
PlasmaJohn wrote:
> > Can somebody *PLEASE* confirm this. If this is true, I have code that
> > will extract an MPEG stream from the 250.
> Anthony has connections in Hauppauge so he knows what he's talking about:
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That approval (of creating GPL drivers by people who have seen
the initial drivers) might be true for the
driver-writing-arrangement for this Anthony dude. Best wishes
to him!
But does that approval extend to other people? It will matter
at least when these Conexant/Hauppauge-endorsed drivers are out:
people might want to improve them or fix bugs. Ok, it's very
unlikely that the driver will have bugs, but bugs *have*
happened before. ;-)
FWIW, I'm willing to perform tests and provide information about
my 350 (PAL B/G) card to anyone in the interest of writing
GPL-compatible drivers. Do not send anything with a shoddy
distribution license. I *do* care.
(Until I see some source with a distributable GPL-compatible
license, I'll be dinking with a driver myself. It's good
training! Progress near stand-still though; spare time is less
copious.)
brgds, H-P
