On Fri, 2002-02-15 at 10:16, Ross J. Reedstrom wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 09:36:50AM -0500, Jamey Hicks wrote:
> >
> > I have located the source for the Windows driver that went with the
> > original version of the itsy-eth driver. I was planning to attach a
> > non-GPL open source license so that it would be buildable using the
> > Microsoft SDK.
>
> Ah, I didn't realize that there _was_ a windows driver for the Itsy -
> excellent. Do be very careful: that EULA lists every common Open/Free
> license, as a _non-exclusive_ list of examples of what you're not allowed
> to derive from. I wouldn't want CRL catching flak from Compaq Corporate.
>
> Coming back to the realm of common sense (which the occasional judge
> does, if not the lawyers before them) the license's only rationale
> (justification) for not allowing Publically Available software is
> potential liability/requiments imposed on MSC. So, if you could get the
> itsy driver code put under a BSD/MIT type license, or public domain,
> that should finess the issue.
>
> Ross (IANAL, but I have to deal with them a lot, it would seem)
>
I hope we can stick to the realm of common sense.
The windows host driver for the original itsy usb networking interface
is available at ftp://ftp.handhelds.org/pub/windows/itsyeth.tar.gz
Jamey
Received on Fri Feb 15 07:31:05 2002
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