********** * 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: 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- as31: An Intel 8031/8051 assembler Version: 2.3.1 with some additional patches from the Debian as31 package. License: AS31 is Free Software, provided under the BSD license. AS31 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. From http://wiki.erazor-zone.de/doku.php?id=wiki:projects:linux:as31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Driver: ath9k_htc - Atheros HTC devices (USB) Version: 1.4.0 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: 1.9.9 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