From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 28 11:33:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0C7F1065672 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:33:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30C7D8FC13 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:33:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n8so278391gve.39 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:33:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=i1iObVWZ97mEXdFZFZ9F+QGxKUjbgxC2909vopUWWow=; b=Fvqzoe2y+XrkqeBuJvYUA6mkbAHQMd6Hvq1rT+waATea30Ouw3OuriITTUKtTMhXlb H1ms2fsHobTDt2/r/qpRZsL+5HgL+YGAhwlmnFbQPKzhNIG2uAZavc2d02LT0BWWb2mF KDd+dxeI/SpWf1plBIXyxIieP70ePuPgIL5iE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=mGXCKMD+VQiMAS/ls5gjlr1mJz2SXLn9JUKOEB39G34lDb2prtduFakF9Ipd/N5aaS NaHg1QUAK3Yl9Gwp1miHw9MEfWkdOoprM9bP+AmlZB1z5IbSN1o83ISDJeOXwYXFdEHW ULailhKdD1V5mhIvAVK8xstwZDJ+pufSdOJqM= Received: by 10.103.221.5 with SMTP id y5mr3066393muq.66.1227872022749; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:33:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.103.137.8 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:33:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:33:42 -0200 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" To: ancelgray In-Reply-To: <20713056.post@talk.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080121170155.GC51116@hamlet.SetFilePointer.com> <20713056.post@talk.nabble.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware support for AMD Geode CS5536 audio? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:33:44 -0000 On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 1:30 AM, ancelgray wrote: > > To AMD CS5536 users: > > This is Andrew Gray. I have finished the audio driver for the AMD CS5536 > companion > chip. It is working on a PC Engines Alix 1C low power board under FreeBSD > 7.0. > It can be found at: > > http://modelofreality.org/snd_amd5536.html > > Let me know how it goes. > > Andrew Gray > > ancelgray AT y a h o o DOT com Andrew, Thanks for the contribution. I have a spare HP thin client with AMD Geode in which I can give this driver a try, if I find some time available next week. I'm a bit concerned about the copyrights, however, as outlined below. The amd5536.c informs that it is "derived from Bruce R. Montegue's AMD CS5530 audio driver and the Linux CS5535 ALSA driver". I did not find the original source files, but supposing that they are licensed under GPL you will need a written permission from the owners to redistribute the code under a different licensing terms. From a strictly legal point of view, even paraphrasing a code may be considered copy. The amd5536.h contains a license statement but not the name of the licensor (copyright owner), which is mandatory. Anonymous contents can not be licensed. -- cd /usr/ports/sysutils/life make clean