Re: [usb-midi-fw-devel] Re: [usb-midi-fw-user] Midisport Uno USB-MIDI / midisport-firmware problem

[Clemens L. <cl...@la...>]

Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote:
> I'm using Mandrake 10.2 with udev-054 and it doesn't load the firmware, either 
> but it doesn't hang the system. It symply doesn't work.
> 
> I guess that midisport-firmware-1.0 needs a newer udev than mine, and 
> obviously yours.

I'm not sure what the problem is.  Probably the GOTOs.
I'll try to rewrite the rules to be more backwards compatible.

> $ cat LICENSE
> The firmware files (*.ihx) are copyrighted by Midiman, and can be used
> and redistributed only as part of this package.
> 
> So, it is not possible to make a rpm/deb/tgz package, and distribute it with   
> some commercial Linux distribution?

When the rpm/dev/tgz is distributed with some distribution, the firmware
files would still be inside the package, i.e., they would be "part of
this package".


Regards,
Clemens