From: Giuliano Pochini Subject: Re: [PATCH] echoaudio, fw_writer Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:31:26 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: References: <44BD7536.5000107@superbug.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <44BD7536.5000107@superbug.co.uk> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: James Courtier-Dutton Cc: Alsa-devel List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On 18-Jul-2006 James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > Giuliano Pochini wrote: >> After a talk with Richard Stallman, who said it is not correct to link a >> binary image into a GPL program even if is just dumped onto disk, here you >> are this patch that makes fw_writer to load and parse the C sources >> containing the images instead of including them at compile time. It supports >> both the "sources" that are already part of alsa-firmware and the original >> files downloadable from the Echoaudio web site. >> > > What is the problem exactly? > All the files DSP/LoaderDSP.c etc. have a GPL license on them. I don't > see what the problem is, unless you have wrongly attached the GPL > license to them? fw_loader.c #include's those files. The licence says the author permits the inclusion of the firmwares in a GPL project. But rms says it is misleading because the GPL requires the firmwares to be in source form. I do not completely agree with that, but this patch solves the issue (and fw_loader.c is 200 bytes shorter 8D). -- Giuliano. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV