Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:42237 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751798AbYFKV31 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:29:27 -0400 Subject: Re: Open source driver with binary HAL for BCM4313 from Broadcom From: Johannes Berg To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: Tim Gardner , John Linville , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20080611124613.58cf36d1@extreme> (sfid-20080611_214626_992675_C64821A1) References: <48500F14.8070300@canonical.com> <20080611124613.58cf36d1@extreme> (sfid-20080611_214626_992675_C64821A1) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-JOm6AjhhxdkIX1VoB+G2" Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:28:34 +0200 Message-Id: <1213219714.3827.2.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20080611_232931_503935_7B7CDF8D) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-JOm6AjhhxdkIX1VoB+G2 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Here is the URL to Broadcom's web site advertising their open source > > driver with support for the BCM4313. > It is nice to see a driver, but their LICENSE.txt is not a standard > approved open source license (http://www.opensource.org/licenses). It's not a "binary HAL" either, it's a huge binary driver blob with a few lines of linux glue code. johannes --=-JOm6AjhhxdkIX1VoB+G2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJIUEN+AAoJEKVg1VMiehFYDHQP/1r4Sh3UOgs9BFi+AlrnNlBk wczG6lXpBDntVwtUBkXVUHyBz6a8sKOnIhCjpNKW/fL2VybGa+gH+4moVBAkYIat p2vfygxDvEWOD7/Ae8aBDni+7K0Tp9eA22Jyt8VRw1Tt3dRNBOMNYMP6rOLoqcNx XVWHRn3zNHR0P1irm8Ya3HcZJVy+EOB4SJ7CiSz1GgdXwk+5nzJY812ydADLjhCC A0Y0p46SB2nI1hvdgoOfe7Slro989HNjhw91pVuQZXg0mtfWo+z+VrCty7C1pvNN cdWtZRU1HztrNjNw+CjPbuOY4GsfoNzcY2Oj28bJn0KRA5dH4l0UWYsdwvDBSpGx Q3i8BJd/iqjvrtLfsXhpyWUWnzi2/7zPgLSyxAV1UvbS30Fv5iKzKdrSBPclHfja MqtyH9tT4pWZ9B6vAQrCqaTjBxotRFdZsX9gqapnmsvwJE4zemLBeeK7XqRaZcxR 2qlIoBhDJOcMzrlIDZpQEej8L31Fk4NyskrxqqRw+zHdn4Kq71U4zESleyTEJ80O NnTUd38xGeO9RsuXbPClNaL39XriCEeJ+D3/z+l8XcfggQQZNyjPi2nkpiel0+R/ p5UOGkHN2XVF+fX/JH/mR0lIq5dFdlxtrhxHLkr+iqAyYNMtXlZjHt6VsxLNSVx+ VZCCUz6QhzXeu1SiYezQ =sn/F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-JOm6AjhhxdkIX1VoB+G2--