Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Removal of reedsolomon code
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From: "Didier" <dgautheron@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:53:55 +0100
Hi,

On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:07:15 -0500, Evan Huus wrote
> As per my previous emails, the only questionably-licensed code we 
> have left is the reed-solomon implementation. It is used only in 
> packet-dcp-etsi.c.
> 
> I have failed to find any other suitably-licensed reed-solomon
> implementations, and don't have time to write one myself. As such I
> think our best course of option is to remove the current code and
> disable that feature in the DCP-ETSI dissector.
> 
> I will submit a change to that effect shortly unless there are objections.
> 
Did you try to contact Phil Karn? This stuff seems to be in linux kernel and I
doubt it's GPL1, moreover he has LGPL code at http://www.ka9q.net/

Didier