[3342] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Bug in 1.2.13 firewall?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (hab)
Thu Jun 20 00:07:53 1996
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 17:36:53 +0000
From: hab <hab@ece.engr.ucf.edu>
To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
CC: ATPlack <ATPlack@scj.com>, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Dennis wrote:
>
> >Sorry, proprietary - anything that is not shared due to ownership,
> >confidentiality, or competitive reasons.
> >
> >It has nothing to do with secrets or locked-in. These are used of a
> >companies which simply does not disclose information necessary to use the
> >product. I assume, your company has provide a working driver and
> >documentation for it's board. I assume, you provide some tech. support.
> > Hopefully, your company listens to possible bugs without charging like some
> >big networking companies starting with an N.
>
> Our board is not proprietary. I dont believe that every binary-only
> distribution should be considered as such.
>
> Dennis
>
Dennis
If your board is not prpietary does this mean that have
available with no restrictions the data that allows your board
to be used. Ie things like register addresses, the meaning of
bits in status registers etc. much like we would get from
Hewlett Packard when we get their developers kit for their
products. They also supply binary only drivers, but they also
supply data that allows independent developers to incorporate
their hardware into non HP supported products. I am not suggesting
that you supply the board unbundled, but that you allow the additional
flexability of the board being used in manners that you would find
unechnomical support?
Hubert
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