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Date:      Fri, 17 May 1996 19:52:35 +0000
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>
To:        hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp (HOSOKAWA Tatsumi)
Cc:        nate@sri.MT.net, terry@lambert.org, kevin@NDA.COM, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: xircom hardware specs 
Message-ID:  <2463.832362755@critter.tfs.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 17 May 1996 16:19:16 %2B0900." <199605170719.QAA27692@frig.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp> 

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> I heard from Linux community that Xircom has violated GPL (they used
> GPL'ed code for their driver, and they did not provide sources).  This
> is one of the largest reason why I don't want to support Xircom's
> cards.

Not GPL, rather the used the Crynwr packet-driver without following the
rules, and they pissed off a good deal of people with their attitude
and response when the complaint was launched.

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