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Re: [opensuse-factory] Q: "forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver..."
- From: "Ulrich Windl" <ulrich.windl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 15:36:37 +0100
- Message-id: <44104B8B.22029.111A5C76@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 9 Mar 2006 at 12:43, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ulrich Windl schrieb:
> > for 10.0 syslog for my new PC says: "forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce
> > ethernet driver..."
>
> Ah yes, my driver. ;-)
>
> > Is it expected that these reverse engineered drivers are absent in 10.1 for legal
> > reasons?
>
> forcedeth will be present. I had a pleasant talk with NVidia and they are
> happy about the driver, they even started to contribute to it. So no legal
> problems at all.
Most software explicitly forbids reverse-engineering. That's why I asked.
Regards,
Ulrich
> Hi,
>
> Ulrich Windl schrieb:
> > for 10.0 syslog for my new PC says: "forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce
> > ethernet driver..."
>
> Ah yes, my driver. ;-)
>
> > Is it expected that these reverse engineered drivers are absent in 10.1 for legal
> > reasons?
>
> forcedeth will be present. I had a pleasant talk with NVidia and they are
> happy about the driver, they even started to contribute to it. So no legal
> problems at all.
Most software explicitly forbids reverse-engineering. That's why I asked.
Regards,
Ulrich
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