Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 18:26:49 -0500 From: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net> To: Alex <ak@freenet.co.uk>, Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Cc: Russell Cattelan <cattelan@thebarn.com>, Seigo Tanimura <tanimura@r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creative seems to open up SB Live Message-ID: <19991104182649.A2726@ipass.net> In-Reply-To: <38210B69.E8782D9F@freenet.co.uk> References: <199911040222.LAA70346@rina.r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <199911040644.WAA43215@rah.star-gate.com> <3820C882.1D2F9709@thebarn.com> <199911040122.KAA60961@rina.r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <19991103205203.A2472@ipass.net> <3820ECA7.2B9C11E1@thebarn.com> <38210B69.E8782D9F@freenet.co.uk>
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Alex:
|Russell Cattelan wrote:
|> Randall Hopper wrote:
|> > It's possible it could be accommodated as GPL. The Linux AWE drivers I
|> > integrated into the kernel tree are GPL, for example:
|> > /usr/src/sys/gnu/i386/isa/sound/
|>
|> This would be a nice option... at least initially.
|
|No! No GPLd crap in the kernel.
Hey! Take it down a notch Amancio. That is, unless you're volunteering to
do the work. You should try the KDE group's philosophy:
When making a suggestion, change 'we should...' to 'I will...'
Yeah, I know. You're busy right now. So am I. However, I wouldn't
presume to dictate how others spend their free time hacking driver code.
Think "suggestion" and everyone will be alot more receptive (and willing to
help).
|There doesn't seem to be anything special or particularly complex about
|SBLive that it can't be ported to FreeBSD.
...
|Now we need someone to plug the new driver to one of the existing sound
|driver models .
|
|I respectfully suggest that one of the young hackers to buckle down and
|get to work be that just copying the existing SB Live or getting the docs
|for the chipsets and use the GPL as a model.
AFAIK "port" is not an option, "re-engineer" is (from your no-GPL
perspective at least). We want to keep this kosher.
With this headache in mind, that's why I suggested the GPL branch.
Randall
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