What I simply don't understand here is why Greg doesn't sue Broadcom (the root of all evil ;)) but instead he's fighting against the 'small players' and the users who would just like to use WLAN and who have bought some broadcom chipset. This certainly doesn't improve anything in regards to the copyright issue except that we now have some annoyed users more.
Greg is right. First because Broadcom _should_ provide the specifications instead just giving away binary drivers. Also because as a Linux Kernel Contributor Greg is concerned about lots of factors besides license issues. It's also important to remember the use of binary drivers can also compromise the security since you don't know exactly what exist inside a blob and you bring it to run "inside" the kernel.
Well, the solution for this problem would be asking the vendor for the specs, but I belive Linux/BSD developers are quite tired of doing it. Replacing the card could be another solution, but not for final users. You also cannot say "avoid Broadcom" since their chipsets are used not just for Dell but also lots of computer vendors.
Glen did a great job providing an alternative way to make it works, but if you have in mind the final user maybe rebuilding a RPM package is not the best solution.
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