From owner-freebsd-multimedia Thu Nov 4 15:28:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from pluto.ipass.net (pluto.ipass.net [198.79.53.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 925571504F for ; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 15:28:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rhh@ipass.net) Received: from stealth.ipass.net. (ppp-4-133.dialup.rdu.ipass.net [209.170.134.133]) by pluto.ipass.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA16997; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 18:27:08 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rhh@localhost) by stealth.ipass.net. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id SAA03579; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 18:26:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rhh) Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 18:26:49 -0500 From: Randall Hopper To: Alex , Amancio Hasty Cc: Russell Cattelan , Seigo Tanimura , freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creative seems to open up SB Live Message-ID: <19991104182649.A2726@ipass.net> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <38210B69.E8782D9F@freenet.co.uk> Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message