RE: [Bayonne-devel] Split off of Bayonne 2 "nonfree" drivers

[ambar-bayonne]

Ok.. So basically this is to streamline licencing issues.

Regards,
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Sugar [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 7:04 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Cc: address@hidden; 'mailing_list_bayonne-devel'
> Subject: Re: [Bayonne-devel] Split off of Bayonne 2 "nonfree" drivers
> 
> I should clearify.  I mean "nonfree" in the sense they are not "free 
> software" because of the licensing encumberances of the 
> Intel-Dialogic 
> and Aculab runtime libraries, or much in the way Debian has a 
> "nonfree" 
> apt-get repository (and in fact that is also another 
> potential use for 
> this split, so that those drivers could also be made 
> available through 
> Debian), not in the sense they will only be available for a fee.
> 
> address@hidden wrote:
> > David,
> > 
> > Any particullar reason for making these drivers nonfree?
> > 
> > Ambar 
> > 
> > 
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: David Sugar [mailto:address@hidden 
> >>Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 3:49 AM
> >>To: mailing_list_bayonne-devel
> >>Subject: [Bayonne-devel] Split off of Bayonne 2 "nonfree" drivers
> >>
> >>In cvs I have placed the nonfree drivers (Dialogic and Aculab 
> >>currently) 
> >>into a new and seperate package and cvs module, 
> >>"bayonne2-nonfree".  In 
> >>the future, perhaps starting with release 0.4.1, or 0.5.0, 
> >>these drivers 
> >>will be removed from the primary package, "bayonne2".
> >>
> >>nonfree drivers link directly against libbayone, which is 
> >>under the GPL 
> >>with runtime exception.  They also compile and install like 
> they did 
> >>before, except for the fact that they are now in a seperate 
> package. 
> >>This does make it harder to use nonfree drivers in "-test" 
> >>mode, but one 
> >>can create an appropriate symlink in the bayonne2 build 
> >>directory, such 
> >>as something like "modules/dialogic -> 
> >>../../bayonne2-nonfree/dialogic" 
> >>to allow this to be done.
> >>
> >>The Bayonne2-nonfree drivers package will probably not be 
> >>found on the 
> >>GNU ftp site, but will be provided in the sourceforge 
> >>download area and 
> >>on sunsite.
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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