If you unpack ltmodem, then source.tar.gz you will find an object
module that you don't have to source to. Therefor the lucent winmodem
code can't be open source.
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> On Wed, Feb 20, 2002, Alan Cox wrote about "Re: Lucent WinModem":
> > > How can I use my LT Winmodem on Slackware???
> > > I have a driver but doesn't work!!!! I don't know why...
> >
> > Ask the binary only driver provider.
> >
> > This list is about free software, and nobody else but the driver vendor
> > can really help you
>
> Actually, I think that Lucent's driver has been open source (I didn't check
> how "free" their license is) for at least a year now. No more of these ugly
> binary drivers that you had to apply binary patches (aggh!) to on every
> kernel version.
>
> A quick google search turned out http://www.heby.de/ltmodem as a place you
> can get the sources.
>
> I'm using such a driver on my laptop (Redhat 7.2), I compiled it myself (I
> don't know why Redhat doesn't include a module for this modem - maybe it
> isn't "free enough") and the modem is working nicely.
>
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