Support Request #101927, was updated on Sun 03/09/2003 at 19:09 You can respond by visiting: http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?func=detailsupport&support_id=101927&group_id=11
Category: None Status: Open Priority: 3 Summary: New Project containing binary firmware ? By: joerg.albert Date: Sat 03/15/2003 at 08:47 Logged In: NO Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0rc3) Gecko/20020523 Hi, could you please come up with a final answer to the question if this project may be hosted on savannah.nognu.org or not? If not, I'd look for another place. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- By: joerg.albert Date: Mon 03/10/2003 at 10:09 Logged In: NO Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i586; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020826 Hi yeupou, > - Have Atmel any connection with the firm that produce > the device? Yes, Atmel supplies chipset, firmware, evaluation boards and probably also design documents (pcb layout etc.). The firmware is AFAIK produced by Atmel. > - Is the firmware binary provided by this firm? No, by Atmel. > - If so, does Atmel have the source for this binary? AFAIK, yes. They have either produced the firmware themselves or bought it. According to some copyright string in the binary it seems to contain a commercial OS, which might have been sold to Atmel in object format. > - If not, in which headers Atmel added the GPL? Atmel has added the GPL in *.h files, containing the binary firmware (in large byte arrays). In later fw updates Atmel silently "forgot" the GPL header. >The easier answer is to tell you what would be problematic >for your project to be hosted here: >- Dependancy on non-free software or driver... I guessed so :-(. So your answer is "no", isn't it? Does "dependancy" include "interface to", i.e. would it even be a problem to host a device driver at Savannah if the device contained non-free firmware in its _flash_? /Jörg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?func=detailsupport&support_id=101927&group_id=11 _______________________________________________ Savannah-hackers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/savannah-hackers
