On Thursday 05 April 2007 22:21, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 05 April 2007, Michael Buesch wrote: > >On Thursday 05 April 2007 07:41, Marcus Glocker wrote: > >> I wanted to make some quick progress (maybe too quick), and rewrite > >> the functions in question after seeing some first success, e.g. > >> receivment of first frames, which isn't the case right now. But > >> still, the specs for some functions are so strict, writing tons > >> of registers in a strict order, some parts will still look similar. > > > >To make it clear. We are not issueing any copyright claims on > >these magic register sequences. > >This is only about algorithms and so on. I mentioned the LO state > >machine, for example. > > > >> The last thing I want is to start a license war with you guys, > >> and also I don't want to harm OpenBSD further with this issue. > >> And of course we want to solve that license issue ASAP. > >> > >> So, I am suggestion three options: > >> > >> 1. You give me some time and I try to rewrite the code > >> in question. We keep in touch, and maybe we can split > >> up both parties in freedom afterwards. > >> > >> 2. Same as option one, but if my time resources keep > >> shrinking like they do right now, spending weekends > >> in the office and I can't fix up the driver soon, > >> I'll drop the driver. > >> > >> 3. We don't come to a point and I'll plain drop the driver > >> directly, very soon. > > > > 4. bcm43xx people review the driver and think about relicensing > > (parts of) bcw, so you don't have to rewrite it. > > We don't want to distrurb bcw development, but we don't like > > the harsh way of taking code without permission and asking > > for permission afterwards. > > If you want to have more code relicensed, please ask on a > > case-by-case base _before_ importing it into bcw. > > I find the lack of being able to read both sides of this thread without > being subscribed to the BSD lists rather upsetting. Please, if one side > of this fight is going to carry on this discussion on a public list, then > both sides should.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/1558 -- Greetings Michael. _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
