Re: [gNewSense-users] Possible non-free software

[Kelly]

On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 23:53:01 +1200
"Eric Padman" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I'm making my way through
> linux-ubuntu-modules/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-2.6.24/ubuntu/sound/alsa-driver/pci/
> at the moment and I came across this in asihpi/hpi4000.c
> 
> /** DSP56301 Pci Boot code (multi-segment)
>  * The following code came from boot4000.asm, via makeboot.bat
>  */
> static u32 adwDspCode_Boot4000a[] = {
> 
> /**** P memory        ****/
> /*    Length  */ 0x0000008B,
> /*    Address */ 0x00000F60,
> /*Type:P,X,Y*/ 0x00000004,
> /* 00000F60 */ 0x00240000, 0x0004C4BB, 0x0004C4B1, 0x000003F8,
>       0x0061F400,
>       0x00000048, 0x0054F400, 0x000BF080, 0x0007598C, 0x0054F400,
> 
> etc.
> 
> /* End-Of-Array */ 0xFFFFFFFF
> };
> 
> The file is licensed under the GPL v2 as seen here:
>     AudioScience HPI driver
>     Copyright (C) 1997-2003  AudioScience Inc.
> <address@hidden>
> 
>     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
> License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
> 
> I'm inclined to mark it non-free but because of the licensing I
> thought I'd better ask for help. Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric
> 
> 
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The file is licensed under the GPL.  As such it is *free* software.

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