On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 07:05 +0200, Michael Büsch wrote: > > + Broadcom enabled the development of this driver, by providing all required > + hardware information in the form of binary software drivers. > > Let me rephrase the comment a little bit. I will not change the > meaning :) > > + Certain lawyers are wrong, and this driver proves it. > + http://tinyurl.com/ybl83uw > > That's basically all it says. No more, no less.
Fairly close :) But it's a little more than that. It's more like: + I know you're scared that the world will end if you 'enable' this + driver in any way... but *look* -- you've actually been 'enabling' + if from the very beginning, and you haven't been eaten by a grue + yet. So please get over your stupid paranoia, and work with us + sensibly for once. Which would include: + - letting us have permission to distribute the firmware. + - giving us the odd hint about how to fix/improve the driver. + - merging your new driver with the existing one, if appropriate. + - etc. It does us no harm to make it explicitly clear that the driver development was 'enabled' by what Broadcom published. And if it has *any* chance of showing the paranoid factions in Broadcom that their fears are baseless, it has the potential to be helpful. -- dwmw2 _______________________________________________ b43-dev mailing list b43-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/b43-dev
