Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 12:48:49 -0500 From: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel driver doc's Take 2. Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.0.20010324123145.038f58a0@mail.etinc.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103240847540.92915-100000@beppo.feral.com> References: <200103240805.f2O856h92540@mobile.wemm.org>
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A better approach is to find someone poor with no chance for employment (or a criminal, with no garnishable income), have them sign the NDA and then have them post the documents on a public site. NDAs have no value if the breechor has no net worth. Saves a lot of negotiating. Dennis At 11:48 AM 03/24/2001, you wrote: > > 1 - Give a select group of people the docs under NDA > > 2 - If there are any specific features Intel wants avoided, get them to > > identify > > them up front. > > 3 - Let them write a driver that uses whatever features that are > useful, with > > header files that define the register bits etc that are reasonably > related > > to the features used. > > 4 - Hand over the driver to intel for "final veto" with a pre-agreement in > > place so that if they do not respond in 30 days we can release it > as-is. > > 5 - If they have specific features or register bit definitions that > they want > > removed, then do so as long as it isn't going to hopelessly cripple the > > driver. If they want something removed that wasn't covered in the > list at > > the start and is going to cause severe performance problems (say a 10% > > performance or efficiency drop), too bad. > > 6 - Repeat the loop for 'final veto' but with a week timeout instead of 30 > > days. > > > > Regarding step 5; if the information is already "out there" (other open > > source drivers, leaked onto the internet, etc) then it is fair game and we > > can use it. > >Step 4 is a lose. That will never fly because they don't have the interest >or bandwidth to review. > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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