Re: brcm80211
It's not only in Arch, Debian/Ubuntu/OpenSUSE say the same thing. Anyway.. It's the header in all src files at /drivers/staging/brcm80211/: -- /* * Copyright (c) 2010 Broadcom Corporation * * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY * SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION * OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN * CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. */ -- --- Em qui, 10/2/11, Skylar Hawk skylar.j.h...@gmail.com escreveu: De: Skylar Hawk skylar.j.h...@gmail.com Assunto: Re: brcm80211 Para: Tissio Fechine precheca...@yahoo.com.br Cc: misc@openbsd.org Data: Quinta-feira, 10 de Fevereiro de 2011, 23:18 2011/2/10 Tissio Fechine precheca...@yahoo.com.br Hello, My wifi card (Broadcom 4313 - 0x4727) is currently unsupported by OpenBSD. But in Arch linux, modinfo brcm80211 (the driver for this card) shows that its BSD/GNU licensed: ... filename: /lib/modules/2.6.37-ARCH/kernel/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcm80211.ko.gz license:Dual BSD/GPL description:Broadcom 802.11n wireless LAN driver. author: Broadcom Corporation alias: pci:v14E4d4727sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v14E4d4353sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v14E4d4357sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends:mac80211,cfg80211 ... I just want to know if someone is aware of that fact, and if the proper support is in the TODO list. Thaks! I think the Arch Linux folks lied a bit there... I've got the same wifi card, and I looked at the driver that the Broadcom Corporation released, and it is not Dual BSD/GPL licensed. It uses their own license. You can check it out here: http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/hybrid-portsrc_x86_32-v5_100_82_38.tar .gz The license is in lib/LICENSE.txt
Re: brcm80211
2011/2/11 Tissio Fechine precheca...@yahoo.com.br: It's not only in Arch, Debian/Ubuntu/OpenSUSE say the same thing. Anyway.. It's the header in all src files at /drivers/staging/brcm80211/: -- /* * Copyright (c) 2010 Broadcom Corporation * * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY * SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION * OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN * CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. */ -- Wow, you didn't even bother looking at the license did you? Okay, I'll list just a small sections from the license (again at http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/hybrid-portsrc_x86_32-v5_100_82_38.tar .gz ) to show my point. ... 2.2.Restriction on Modification. If and to the extent that the Software is designed to be compliant with any published communications standard (including, without limitation, DOCSIS, HomePNA, IEEE, and ITU standards), Licensee may not make any modifications to the Software that would cause the Software or the accompanying Broadcom Products to be incompatible with such standard. ... Point here is the license is not GPL nor GPL compatible and if the driver they are using really is the official Broadcom Corporation driver, they are ALL lying. Otherwise, they've got some other driver they are using, and I'm curious why they are crediting Broadcom for making it. I would guess that someone fibbed about it to the Debian repos and the rest of them have ported it onward to their own distros. -Sky
Re: brcm80211
Wow, you didn't even bother looking at the license did you? Yes.. Because I'm talking about brcm80211, and you are referring to other driver's license. You didn't even bother looking at the e-mail subject did you? :D
Re: brcm80211
2011/2/11 Tissio Fechine precheca...@yahoo.com.br: Wow, you didn't even bother looking at the license did you? Yes.. Because I'm talking about brcm80211, and you are referring to other driver's license. You didn't even bother looking at the e-mail subject did you? :D I did read the subject, but I wasn't aware that Broadcom had released more than one version of their driver for that chipset. The driver I referred to is for that same chipset you spoke of as well. None-the-less, I am not too proud to admit I am wrong on list. My apologies Tissio. You are right, and for both our sakes, I hope that the driver ends up being ported. -Sky
Re: brcm80211
2011/2/10 Tissio Fechine precheca...@yahoo.com.br Hello, My wifi card (Broadcom 4313 - 0x4727) is currently unsupported by OpenBSD. But in Arch linux, modinfo brcm80211 (the driver for this card) shows that its BSD/GNU licensed: ... filename: /lib/modules/2.6.37-ARCH/kernel/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcm80211.ko.gz license:Dual BSD/GPL description:Broadcom 802.11n wireless LAN driver. author: Broadcom Corporation alias: pci:v14E4d4727sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v14E4d4353sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v14E4d4357sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends:mac80211,cfg80211 ... I just want to know if someone is aware of that fact, and if the proper support is in the TODO list. Thaks! I think the Arch Linux folks lied a bit there... I've got the same wifi card, and I looked at the driver that the Broadcom Corporation released, and it is not Dual BSD/GPL licensed. It uses their own license. You can check it out here: http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/hybrid-portsrc_x86_32-v5_100_82_38.tar .gz The license is in lib/LICENSE.txt
