Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:50:56 +0100 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Vaida Bogdan <vaida.bogdan@gmail.com> Subject: Re: fujitsu siemens no sound driver in sndstat Message-ID: <20051221125056.lx7xlyu1c0wgccww@netchild.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20051221104847.N64938@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> References: <20051220162205.P90277@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <12848a3b0512201448x41196cd8o65616358485d119@mail.gmail.com> <20051221104847.N64938@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua>
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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 specification > 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 which provides this interface, it's not about software which uses this interface. But I'm not a lawyer... Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 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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