From owner-freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Thu Nov 17 22:42:09 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B6FCC47C36 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 22:42:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fnoyanisi@yahoo.com) Received: from nm12-vm0.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (nm12-vm0.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com [98.139.213.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 526AE12E2 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 22:42:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fnoyanisi@yahoo.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s2048; t=1479422522; bh=cL0UJ1zUw8uXwVOkbz4FdJCMZ/L/41acm20ymFS4bCY=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:From:Subject; b=Yqe2AuxTxQBV5HgZYVhrL7sdIaQbyvxmAsgw0jbHLydI5tK7GDgjAmk58EudV30Ahidax4VyMnKtseHSNXAG9JE4EL4QlcC8a4w6HaHklTz9p4KtPpxibxl3OoNqA1TNPP4O75cJYf7Pg8YSZxLhaC20iJQ01FhG7S0PGpfHe1vo80Aj67p4zqu6ThU1rY2vxHxJfT380xHdbjzWmGrf2GUjMpWzxE+BmLZD1FruAI8mkm+zs0quA+wVRlxvjxpaZicP/0bBDSqdN+8Qvu3oEe6MXLNDfKwLv7SWLncbJrFiRBbxidItN+rBd1xB3O1/NzZnawoV+wbsMVTKFUW7Og== Received: from [66.196.81.170] by nm12.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Nov 2016 22:42:02 -0000 Received: from [98.139.212.250] by tm16.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Nov 2016 22:42:02 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1059.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 17 Nov 2016 22:42:02 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 257515.10229.bm@omp1059.mail.bf1.yahoo.com X-YMail-OSG: iVJ1LzgVM1nyqQikZ5ckoIOrD4XVx0ZbhHTFazn68A_UXzf2yyq648jdIKsCfxj _4ycbUa85nFWzUHnyEi.24QU48Uubhz6Mxn8XdxjPQLQQHYvOWwb1w4i91CQTK1NufgkLues85jF 8JTdXCm93G0YE5lHDhJSfHvDKPBWI0u8..VJF1.5kqNx45qNh4H9EueRdnjXjK8cdVmPJ45vXfyh XVS6Wlx65u5LjwxwMT28b_KiJ9Pur5.MfHfQurAP2ahmYQC71sGYqaO19cDkzCHurqU068xykXcC nVXnZ3haDfZUGs5o5n4.0qfdOQ0I76o2aoqTs8nxDoNkEZvoGpRf5rQKxgtXyDIrvBIEjpYeMDsX GQX7zE4fwTo0O6OJPrn_9_VsHlwibPFPjvmgOV_StM0YY0CBEYfIvfsmuhSSKkI5lFoVnxmuIM0Z X9eee6zJs1rN.P8J1IX6JMHLQ4eYzG5ztFwEqiwDTx8IyVONJbuU8TF4WunIhkJ7GdaBFCwvN_sJ nB5TyU4vxZAdREKj..Q-- Received: from jws400179.mail.bf2.yahoo.com by sendmailws152.mail.bf1.yahoo.com; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 22:42:01 +0000; 1479422521.891 Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 22:42:01 +0000 (UTC) From: Fehmi Noyan ISI Reply-To: Fehmi Noyan ISI To: paradox , "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" Message-ID: <1464817770.2403689.1479422521606@mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: References: <478293148.2847514.1479421033582.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <478293148.2847514.1479421033582@mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr sup MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 22:42:09 -0000 Dont know how this code was leaked, but in the source files it is clearly s= tated that the work is proprietary and all rights are reserved. This prevents FreeBSD developers (or any open source developer - say Linux = kernel guys) from porting the code into any open source project. Just compare the license phrase in Broadcom source files with the one found= in FreeBSD source files. You will see the difference (do not even attempt = to compare it with GPL, you will get confused :/ ) ----- Original Message ----- From: Adrian Chadd To: paradox Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 11:26 AM Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr sup no, we don't have a licence to port it open source and I don't have a licence to generate binaries for other people. -adrian On 17 November 2016 at 14:17, paradox via freebsd-wireless wrote: > what you mean ? if we have broadcom sourcecode, we can't porting and use = it for self ? > > -------------------------------------------- > On Fri, 11/18/16, Fehmi Noyan ISI wrote: > > Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr sup > To: "paradox" , "Felix Friedlander" > Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" > Date: Friday, November 18, 2016, 12:03 AM > > > >>> the sourcecode can be porting to freebsd but > not including to kernel > > not quite sure about this... obviously enough, licences are > there for a reason. > > ________________________________ > From: paradox via freebsd-wireless > To: Felix Friedlander > > Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 9:42 AM > Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr > sup > > > if Anrian already have access to source code of broadcom, > its great ! i don't known about it > > about of licensing, the sourcecode can be porting to freebsd > but not including to kernel, seems many people tobe > enougth this > > > -------------------------------------------- > On Thu, 11/17/16, Felix Friedlander > wrote: > > Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr > sup > To: "paradox" > Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org > Date: Thursday, November 17, 2016, 10:32 PM > > > > On 18 Nov. 2016, at 05:36, paradox via > freebsd-wireless > > wrote: > > > > seems all BCM WIFI PHY & MAC sourcecode of > ABG/N/LP/NT/SSN > > hope your can build it or take part for independ > module > > > MAC > > https://github.com/elenril/VMG1312-B/tree/master/bcmdrivers/broadcom/n= et/wl/impl10/wl/sys > > PHY > > https://github.com/elenril/VMG1312-B/tree/master/bcmdrivers/broadcom/n= et/wl/impl10/wl/phy > > There=E2=80=99s a difference between finding the code, and having > a licence to use it=E2=80=A6 If I=E2=80=99m not mistaken Adrian already > has access to the proprietary Broadcom driver through his > work, it=E2=80=99s more of a licensing issue. > > Still a nice find though, with this and the Cypress > datasheets some things may become a bit easier. > > -- > Felix Friedlander > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org > mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" _______________________________________________ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"