Re: Licensing regression between versions 2.28 and 2.29

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
[email protected]



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  : [email protected]
>         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  : [email protected]
>         License key    : C7-38-2D-63-32-6F
>         License status : OK (Expires 2005-12-05)
> 
> 
> Thanks,