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From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
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Subject: Re: Xircom CE3B-100BTX PCMCIA Ethernet Card
In-Reply-To: <199801151811.KAA06656@brainey-ss20.cisco.com> from Bill Rainey at "Jan 15, 98 10:11:40 am"
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 19:27:41 +0100 (MET)
Cc: pkorsten@xs4all.nl, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
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As Bill Rainey wrote...
> 
> > As Peter Korsten wrote...
> >> 
> >> I have a laptop with a Xircom CE3B-100BTX PCMCIA Ethernet Card. Does anybody
> >> know whether there are (attempts to) drivers for either FreeBSD, other BSD's
> >> or perhaps Linux? And perhaps some leads to port such a driver?
> >
> > AFAIK Xircom is just as bad as Diamond used to be: they won't give you
> > programming info for their products, or maybe only under NDA.
> 
> Actually, getting the spec from XIRCOM wasn't that bad - they just
> have you sign an Intellectual Property license agreement (it is not a
> typical NDA) for the spec which allows you to anything with the work
> you derive from the spec - i.e. give your source code driver away or
> whatever - it only prohits you from sharing the spec or expecting more
> support from XIRCOM. The person to contact at Xircom is

I stand corrected. Sorry.

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