Re: current status of Addi-Data drivers?

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 07:12:34PM +0100, Sven Geggus wrote:
> Unfortunately there driver seems to be pretty old (based on comedi
> comedi-0.7.58) and did not even compile on my Desktop Linux Box
> (Debian Sarge System based on Kernel 2.6.x).
> 
> Therefore I downloaded the current Comedi-tarball which did not even provide
> any Support for DAQ Cards from ADDI-Data.
> 
> I figured out, that the current cvs-Version does provide the drives, but
> does not build them (at least by default).
> 
> Any comments on this?

It appears ADDI-Data suffers from a common problem companies have
with open source -- once they have a product that works, they assume
they are "done", when in reality, they need to do the extra step
of getting their drivers included upstream.

The drivers are not included in the release, because their license
status is unclear.  Presumably, the code is released under a license
that is compatible with the GPL, since anything else would imply
that they are violating the GPL in their Comedi fork.  However, I
need something slightly more clear in order to add the code.  This
is particularly true because some files in the addi-data directory
in CVS appear to be derived from files in Comedi, with license and
copyright information stripped.

I've tried to contact ADDI-Data about this, but to no effect.



dave...

Received on 2005-02-09Z23:25:50