From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Hutchings Subject: Re: [PATCH kernel 2.6.32-rc5] pcnet_cs: add cis of PreMax PE-200 ethernet pcmcia card Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:13:29 +0000 Message-ID: <1256436809.2510.0.camel@localhost> References: <20091025111000.2d97e595.ken_kawasaki@spring.nifty.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-M8WL5Ph3mS0b9IvpLPJ0" Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Ken Kawasaki Return-path: Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:57677 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752489AbZJYCNg (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:13:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20091025111000.2d97e595.ken_kawasaki@spring.nifty.jp> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-M8WL5Ph3mS0b9IvpLPJ0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2009-10-25 at 11:10 +0900, Ken Kawasaki wrote: > Hi, >=20 > >> > Random question: are CIS files copyrightable? =20 > >>=20 > >> The CIS contains the IRQ, ioport-range, voltage information etc > >> like the PCI config space. > >> So I think it is not copyrightable. > >> but Sierra Wireless provided this CIS by GPL. > >[...] >=20 > >If it is subject to copyright - which apparently they think it is - then > >when redistributing under GPL we must be able to provide the 'preferred > >form for modification'. So that leads to the question, is this blob or > >hex file the preferred form? >=20 >=20 > (1)The CIS contains data only, > does not contain the code to be executed. > (2)Sierra Wireless provided the binary of the CIS only. > (3)These CIS are stable and does not need to be modified. > (3)The content of the CIS can be seen by the dump_cis utility. >=20 > So if someone want to modify the CIS , I think it is OK > to use hex editor. That sounds reasonable. Thanks. Ben. --=20 Ben Hutchings The obvious mathematical breakthrough [to break modern encryption] would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers. - Bill Gates --=-M8WL5Ph3mS0b9IvpLPJ0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUASuO0Pee/yOyVhhEJAQIKwQ//QnWgHowZf3Ai3Dm6IHKIwqyUlfagROKt S3nzhpa928BhXnHoHEmde0ReeVfa9cayDtRxGPWqSf9BG1n9MCOxa74NQ6PZW/1h 6Y8BU9UAIMKxDmP24/QOS7VjpOQnNk/kmR7839U+i4RhIRg5mhcpgOKQyc2llfyb zMja3kqamF9UfWB96S+mqId8qLgOI4nGH83ARBy0gvRRaS7tEmPutSyG7gjRsIE5 nQa3g6EW+ZPrq6M1a1Fhq/nftCyCrLAu/vH+HSaQe9kNPDuHIMPlyI83T9YhGQw6 53ShCojbaZUtWEM5Vd417IHQv+vUV//Z+v7dBYLxYOgQo8gUvJZ42OTVguUCgXsL cUwV75ZFRhc8v81LB4qVzlk8hoju7OYgsfGSTyVFDsr1mAvqoa7NdXQPA/yhpqCq sSMmqfYF+DUMjt/ctczzi9JsSnLUysGZNlWYOr86I0e0ct2Jt/MdJrmTmkvYBdq+ S2/UmO5zHhoiDNjD4GhqiX3eZ57e4OK4KjtWJAyNmi0uHN4Kb0MOL846NgDmdCbE HFjcR8IjtJwAzrnLJniJjgqbdVnzrUcOP8F9yoMlJ9lVdeL4KvoLFrFaaD3pTLiE g5faqU6nHDLTu8t+oMA/2wYRBvEf00+laF0OPpHcrR412OuNdAAQ57V/KakN8Qp7 Psv68XlCqzc= =xkwB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-M8WL5Ph3mS0b9IvpLPJ0--