[driverloader] Licensing regression between versions 2.28 and 2.29

[Linuxant support (Jonathan)]

Hi,

Texas Instruments (TI) has decided not to renew the arrangement to cover 
the cost of licenses. This is why TI users now need to purchase a 
license key to use DriverLoader as it is the case with other chipsets.

You can buy a license from our web store located at:

https://www.linuxant.com/store

Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com



Duchesne Family wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> o Up to Driverloader 2.28, I was a happy camper: my Linksys WPC54Gv2 NIC
> worked perfectly in WPA-PSK mode with TKIP encryption. dldrconfig --info
> reported:
> 
> <<<
> Linuxant DriverLoader for Wireless LAN devices, version 2.28
> 
> Web configurator: listening on 127.0.0.1:18020
> 
> Current parameters: ("dldrconfig --info")
> 
> Wireless interface name: eth2
>         MAC address    : 00:12:17:B1:48:6E
>         Device instance: PCI-0000:07:00.0-104C:9066-1737:0033
>         Device driver  : lstinds
>         Description    : TNET1130
>         License status : OK (OEM)
> 
> 
> As you can see, Driverloader 2.28 properly recognized the TI chipset on
> the NIC, and thanks to the OEM agreement between TI and Linuxant, I
> didn't have to pay Linuxant directly to use Driverloader with this NIC.
> 
> o But then I upgraded to Driverloader 2.29 (that is the only thing that
> changed on my system. I verified this by switching back and forth
> between versions 2.28 and 2.29). Now dldrconfig --info reports:
> 
> <<<
> Linuxant DriverLoader for Wireless LAN devices, version 2.29
> 
> Web configurator: listening on 127.0.0.1:18020
> 
> Current parameters: ("dldrconfig --info")
> 
> Wireless interface name: eth2
>         MAC address    : 00:12:17:B1:48:6E
>         Device instance: PCI-0000:07:00.0-104C:9066-1737:0033
>         Device driver  : lstinds
>         Description    : TNET1130
>         License owner  : a at b.c
>         License key    : none
>         License status : INVALID
> 
> To enable the driver, enter your license information via the web
> configurator at  http://127.0.0.1:18020/
> or with "dldrconfig --license".
> 
> License owner and key data must EXACTLY match the information respectively
> provided to and by Linuxant. Otherwise, license status will not be "OK"!
> 
> 
> As you can see, and to my surprise, Driverloader 2.29 no longer honors
> the OEM licensing agreement. What is going on?
> 
> I hope this problem can be solved soon. In the meantime, in order to be
> able to continue to work with version 2.29, I requested a 30-day
> evaluation key from Linuxant, which works fine:
> 
> <<<
> Linuxant DriverLoader for Wireless LAN devices, version 2.29
> 
> Web configurator: listening on 127.0.0.1:18020
> 
> Current parameters: ("dldrconfig --info")
> 
> Wireless interface name: eth2
>         MAC address    : 00:12:17:B1:48:6E
>         Device instance: PCI-0000:07:00.0-104C:9066-1737:0033
>         Device driver  : lstinds
>         Description    : TNET1130
>         License owner  : celine-regis at comcast.net
>         License key    : C7-38-2D-63-32-6F
>         License status : OK (Expires 2005-12-05)
> 
> 
> Thanks,