Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:10:50 +0200 From: Vaida Bogdan <vaida.bogdan@gmail.com> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> Cc: Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua>, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fujitsu siemens no sound driver in sndstat Message-ID: <12848a3b0512210410k7924b81fvf3dfb865e6684069@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051221125056.lx7xlyu1c0wgccww@netchild.homeip.net> References: <20051220162205.P90277@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <12848a3b0512201448x41196cd8o65616358485d119@mail.gmail.com> <20051221104847.N64938@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <20051221125056.lx7xlyu1c0wgccww@netchild.homeip.net>
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I heard (on some forum) someone tried an implementation on CURRENT... and I am also wondering about the difficuly of porting the drivers from netbsd... Has anyone tried that? On 12/21/05, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> wrote: > Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua> wrote: > > > for that engine, our haven't yet. Also, I don't like Intel's police > > to license all HDA implementations, read > > > > http://www.intel.com/standards/hdaudio/ > > > > Implementation of the High Definition Audio Specification requires a > > license from Intel. Contributors to the High Definition Audio > > Specification have signed the High Definition Audio (Azalia) > > Developers Agreement and have provided input to the specification > > under the terms outlined in that agreement. Implementers that have > > signed the High Definition Audio Specification (Azalia) Adopter > > Agreement are licensed to produce products based on the specificatio= n > > under a reciprocal, royalty-free license to certain intellectual > > property rights from Intel and other Contributors and Adopters for > > their products that are compliant with the licensed versions of the > > High Definition Audio Specification. > > > > It sounds somehow restrictive, doesn't it? But NetBSD people have done= it, > > so I think FreeBSD people should be able to do it also. > > I haven't reread it today, but at the time I read this for the first time= I > did understand it as someone needs a license if he implements a device wh= ich > provides this interface, it's not about software which uses this interfac= e. > > But I'm not a lawyer... > > Bye, > Alexander. > > -- > http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 > http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137 > It's OBVIOUS ... The FURS never reached ISTANBUL ... You were an EXTRA > in the REMAKE of "TOPKAPI" ... Go home to your WIFE ... She's making > FRENCH TOAST! > > >
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