| [e16e8f2] | 1 | /** |
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| 2 | Per an email message from Russ Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com> on |
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| 3 | 18 March 2008 the files cs89x0.[ch] are now licensed under GPL |
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| 4 | Version 2. |
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| 5 | |
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| 6 | From: Russ Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com> |
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| 7 | Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:42:00 -0400 |
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| 8 | Subject: Re: [Etherboot-developers] cs89x0 driver in etherboot |
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| 9 | -- quote from email |
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| 10 | As copyright holder, if I say it doesn't conflict with the GPL, |
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| 11 | then it doesn't conflict with the GPL. |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | However, there's no point in causing people's brains to overheat, |
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| 14 | so yes, I grant permission for the code to be relicensed under the |
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| 15 | GPLv2. Please make sure that this change in licensing makes its |
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| 16 | way upstream. -russ |
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| 17 | -- quote from email |
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| 18 | **/ |
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| 19 | |
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| 20 | Permission is granted to distribute the enclosed cs89x0.[ch] driver |
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| 21 | only in conjunction with the Etherboot package. The code is |
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| 22 | ordinarily distributed under the GPL. |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | Russ Nelson, January 2000 |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | CREDITS |
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| 27 | |
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| 28 | I want to thank |
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| 29 | |
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| 30 | Mike Cruse <mcruse@cti-ltd.com> |
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| 31 | for providing an evaluation NIC and for sponsoring the |
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| 32 | development of this driver. |
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| 33 | |
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| 34 | Randall Sears <sears@crystal.cirrus.com> |
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| 35 | Deva Bodas <bodas@crystal.cirrus.com> |
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| 36 | Andreas Kraemer <akraemer@crystal.cirrus.com> |
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| 37 | Wolfgang Krause <100303.2673@compuserve.com> |
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| 38 | for excellent technical support and for providing the required |
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| 39 | programming information. I appreciate Crystal Semiconductor's |
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| 40 | commitment towards free software. |
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| 41 | |
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| 42 | Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com> |
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| 43 | for writing the Linux device driver for the CS89x0 |
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| 44 | chipset. Russel's code is very well designed and simplified my |
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| 45 | job a lot. |
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