********** * WHENCE * ********** This file attempts to document the origin and licensing information, for each piece of firmware. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver: 3c574_cs - 3Com PCMCIA adapter Source: cis/src/3CCFEM556.cis Licence: Dual GPLv2/MPL Originally developed by the pcmcia-cs project Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000 David A. Hinds -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver: 3c589_cs - 3Com PCMCIA adapter Source: cis/src/3CXEM556.cis Licence: Dual GPLv2/MPL Originally developed by the pcmcia-cs project Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000 David A. Hinds -------------------------------------------------------------------------- a56: Motorola DSP56001 assembler Version: 1.3 prerelease License: Parts are GPLv3+ and parts are under: Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. The author makes no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. From http://www.zdomain.com/a56.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- aica: Firmware for the sound card in the Sega Dreamcast Version: Based on commit 832ea65b43c8b402f19f3b6b3ecb8804f73c948a dated 17 May 2018 License: KOS License (see README.KOS) From: Firmware from KallistiOS: https://sourceforge.net/p/cadcdev/kallistios/ Dreamcast_sound.txt from: ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/firmware/alsa-firmware-1.0.29.tar.bz2 (With typo corrections) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- as31: An Intel 8031/8051 assembler Version: 2.3.1 with some additional patches from the Debian as31 package. License: The 3-Clause BSD License Copyright (C) Ken Stauffer Copyright (C) Paul Stoffregen Copyright (C) Alexander 'E-Razor' Krause 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. From http://wiki.erazor-zone.de/doku.php?id=wiki:projects:linux:as31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver: ath9k_htc - Atheros HTC devices (USB) Version: Based on commit 014ff6fde0fab968eb5b4365e83a93a2fff452c2 dated January 28 2018 Licence: Free software. See ath9k_htc/LICENCE.TXT for details. From https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver: b43 - OpenFWWF -- Free firmware for some Broadcom 43xx series WLAN chips License: GPLv2 Version: 5.2 From http://netweb.ing.unibs.it/~openfwwf/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- b43-tools: Assembler for the b43 wireless driver. Needed by openfwwf. Version: 019 from 2014-06-25 License: GPLv2 From http://bues.ch/cms/hacking/misc.html#linux_b43_driver_firmware_tools -------------------------------------------------------------------------- cis-tools: PCMCIA CIS file tools License: Dual MPL2/GPL2. From https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/cis-tools/cis-tools.git -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver: carl9170 -- Atheros AR9170 802.11 draft-n USB driver Version: Based on commit 370b7919114a02149088c482c8709cafb9bf7478 dated May 2 2018. Licence: GPLv2 or later. From https://github.com/chunkeey/carl9170fw -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver: dsp56k - Atari DSP56k support Licence: GPLv2 or later. DSP56001 assembler, buildable with a56 from http://www.zdomain.com/a56.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver: dvb-ttpci -- AV7110 cards Licence: GPLv2 or later. ARM assembly source code from https://linuxtv.org/downloads/firmware/Boot.S -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ihex2fw: Parser/loader for IHEX formatted data. License: GPLv2 or later. From Linux-libre's firmware directory (which was removed starting with version 4.14.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver: isci -- Intel C600 SAS controller driver Source: isci/ Licence: GPLv2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver: keyspan_pda -- USB Keyspan PDA single-port serial device Source: keyspan_pda/keyspan_pda.S Source: keyspan_pda/xircom_pgs.S Source: keyspan_pda/Makefile Licence: GPLv2 or later. Compiled from original 8051 source into Intel HEX, used in our binary ihex form. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver: pcnet_cs - NE2000 compatible PCMCIA adapter Source: cis/src/LA-PCM.cis Source: cis/src/PCMLM28.cis Source: cis/src/DP83903.cis Source: cis/src/NE2K.cis Source: cis/src/tamarack.cis Source: cis/src/PE-200.cis Source: cis/src/PE520.cis Licence: Dual GPLv2/MPL Originally developed by the pcmcia-cs project Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000 David A. Hinds -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver: serial_cs - Serial PCMCIA adapter Source: cis/src/MT5634ZLX.cis Source: cis/src/RS-COM-2P.cis Source: cis/src/COMpad2.cis Source: cis/src/COMpad4.cis Licence: Dual GPLv2/MPL Originally developed by the pcmcia-cs project Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000 David A. Hinds -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver: serial_cs - Serial PCMCIA adapter File: cis/SW_555_SER.cis File: cis/SW_7xx_SER.cis File: cis/SW_8xx_SER.cis Licence: GPLv3. See GPL-3 for details. Copyright Sierra Wireless -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver: usbdux/usbduxfast/usbduxsigma - usbdux data acquisition cards Source: usbdux/ Licence: GPLv2. Provided from the author, Bernd Porr