[smartmontools-support]Re: S.M.A.R.T.

[Bruce A. <ba...@gr...>]

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 pz...@fr... wrote:

> Dear Bruce!
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> Sorry for disturb you again! I have one more question: where are you
> getting this attribute information? From the vendors? Because I have
> my own program (hardware surface test / S.M.A.R.T. query) and I would
> like advance it by this attribute information. But my program is
> commercial and I see in your source code that is under GNU licence and
> I wouldn't like harm this! Ergo if you getting the attribute
> information (and only that) from the vendors or it's not under GNU
> licence than I could use its my commercial program...(this is a
> "morality play")
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> Thanks the answer and bye

I'm afraid that the news is not very good.  I got the Attribute names from
Smartsuite, by looking around at other GPLd programs, and by talking with
vendors.  I don't think you can use this information in a non-GPL'd
program.

Cheers,
=09Bruce


> 2004.02.28. 11:44-kor Bruce Allen  <ba...@gr...> =EDrta:=
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> > On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 pz...@fr... wrote:
> > > 2004.02.27. 0:22-kor Bruce Allen  <ba...@gr...> =EDrt=
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> > > > > I'm a programmer. Please send me a list of S.M.A.R.T. attributes =
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> > > > > it's possibile. I found some list in the net, but not the whole I=
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> > > > > upto 255. Thanx
> > > > Look at ataPrintSmartAttribName() in:
> > > > http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/smartmontools/sm5/atacmds.c?v=
iew=3Dmarkup
> > > Dear Bruce!
> > > Thank you for the code (about my S.M.A.R.T. attribute list please), i=
t's very usefull!
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> > > Only one question about this:
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> > > Attribute 203, 204, 205 default is Fujitsu "type", and the Maxtor
> > > names is comments only. Why? Some other attributes is
> > > "vendor-sensitives", but this few is not. Not you sure in this Maxtor
> > > datas?
> > No, it's simply that I haven't had the time to add some vendor-specific
> > '-v' flags to allow the choice of the Maxtor Attribute names.
> > Bruce
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