From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 12 16:04:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA28836 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 16:04:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.zocalo.net (mail2.zocalo.net [157.22.1.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA28829 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 16:04:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [157.22.239.25] ([157.22.239.25]) by mail.zocalo.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA09527; Tue, 12 Aug 1997 16:14:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <33F0CA52.69D8BD19@n2k.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 16:15:20 -0700 To: Richard Costine , info@i2osig.org From: "Michael T. LoBue" Subject: Re: FreeBSD support for I20 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Brian Clapper , "Brian Clapper (work)" , "Chuck Murko (work)" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Richard, Thanks for your message. There are no current plans to change the licensing terms of the I2O Specification. While I have not read the terms and conditions of FreeBSD software distribution and can not specifically comment relative to the OS, I can confirm that only those vendors with a license to develop to the I2O specification are in a position to support I2O functionality. This is probably not the answer you were seeking, but it is the current situation. Michael LoBue At 4:40 PM -0400 8/12/97, Richard Costine wrote: >I currently run a version of FreeBSD (2.2.2). Will the I2O spec >eventually be made generally available for the developers of "Free" >software, (ie. those that supply the OS source code, and therefore the >specification to the end users of the software) or will I have to switch >operating system platforms to a supported vendor in order to utilize the >new hardware that is produced under this specification? ------------------------- I2O SIG ---------------------------- | Michael T. LoBue LoBue@i2osig.org | | 404 Balboa Street http://www.i2osig.org/ | | San Francisco, CA 94118 Fax: 415-751-4829 | | Voice: 415-750-8352 | --------------------------------------------------------------