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