Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 22:42:28 +0000 (UTC) From: paradox <ddkprog@yahoo.com> To: paradox <ddkprog@yahoo.com>, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr sup Message-ID: <225996051.2837635.1479422548896@mail.yahoo.com> References: <225996051.2837635.1479422548896.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
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To porting need a license ? may be for USA or some other countrys but not f= or whole world What you mean about porting ? I mean, thats sourcecode can build and can generate a work binary Create(generate) this binary from source or not, a user decides I do not think that broad=D1=81om will seek and pursue all users who wish t= o use porting code -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 11/18/16, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr sup To: "paradox" <ddkprog@yahoo.com> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Date: Friday, November 18, 2016, 12:26 AM =20 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. =20 =20 =20 -adrian =20 =20 On 17 November 2016 at 14:17, paradox via freebsd-wireless <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> 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 <fnoyanisi@yahoo.com> wrote: > >=C2=A0 Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr sup >=C2=A0 To: "paradox" <ddkprog@yahoo.com>, "Felix Friedlander" <felixphew0@gmail.com> >=C2=A0 Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> >=C2=A0 Date: Friday, November 18, 2016, 12:03 AM > > >=C2=A0 >>> the sourcecode can be porting to freebsd but >=C2=A0 not including to kernel > >=C2=A0 not quite sure about this... obviously enough, licences are >=C2=A0 there for a reason. > >=C2=A0 ________________________________ >=C2=A0 From: paradox via freebsd-wireless <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> >=C2=A0 To: Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com> > >=C2=A0 Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org >=C2=A0 Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 9:42 AM >=C2=A0 Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr >=C2=A0 sup > > >=C2=A0 if Anrian already have access to source code of broadcom, >=C2=A0 its great ! i don't known about it > >=C2=A0 about of licensing, the sourcecode can be porting to freebsd >=C2=A0 but not including to kernel, seems many people tobe >=C2=A0 enougth this > > >=C2=A0 -------------------------------------------- >=C2=A0 On Thu, 11/17/16, Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com> >=C2=A0 wrote: > >=C2=A0 Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr >=C2=A0 sup >=C2=A0 To: "paradox" <ddkprog@yahoo.com> >=C2=A0 Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org >=C2=A0 Date: Thursday, November 17, 2016, 10:32 PM > > >=C2=A0 > On 18 Nov. 2016, at 05:36, paradox via >=C2=A0 freebsd-wireless >=C2=A0 <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> >=C2=A0 wrote: >=C2=A0 > >=C2=A0 > seems all BCM WIFI PHY & MAC sourcecode of >=C2=A0 ABG/N/LP/NT/SSN >=C2=A0 > hope your can build it or take part for independ >=C2=A0 module > >=C2=A0 > MAC >=C2=A0 > https://github.com/elenril/VMG1312-B/tree/master/bcmdrivers/broa= dcom/net/wl/impl10/wl/sys >=C2=A0 > PHY >=C2=A0 > https://github.com/elenril/VMG1312-B/tree/master/bcmdrivers/broa= dcom/net/wl/impl10/wl/phy > >=C2=A0 There=E2=80=99s a difference between finding the code, and having >=C2=A0 a licence to use it=E2=80=A6 If I=E2=80=99m not mistaken Adrian already >=C2=A0 has access to the proprietary Broadcom driver through his >=C2=A0 work, it=E2=80=99s more of a licensing issue. > >=C2=A0 Still a nice find though, with this and the Cypress >=C2=A0 datasheets some things may become a bit easier. > >=C2=A0 -- >=C2=A0 Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com> >=C2=A0 _______________________________________________ >=C2=A0 freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org >=C2=A0 mailing list >=C2=A0 https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless >=C2=A0 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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