Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 23:03:02 +0000 (UTC) From: Fehmi Noyan ISI <fnoyanisi@yahoo.com> To: paradox <ddkprog@yahoo.com>, "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr sup Message-ID: <928785492.2423288.1479423782631@mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <225996051.2837635.1479422548896@mail.yahoo.com> References: <225996051.2837635.1479422548896.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <225996051.2837635.1479422548896@mail.yahoo.com>
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>> To porting need a license ? may be for USA or some other countrys but no= t for whole world To port any software, the original work should allow you to do so. This is = called "Free Software License", which is different than "Open Source". Appa= rently, the Broadcom source files give no permission to third parties for r= edistribution/modification of the work. When you say "porting to FreeBSD", my interpretation of the phrase is "maki= ng the code or resulting binary work under FreeBSD". Below is what Wikipedi= a understands from "porting" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting >> I do not think that broad=D1=81om will seek and pursue all users who wis= h to use porting code Aye, they sure can "sue" somebody, not necessarily the users though. Have y= ou heard about "AT&T Lawsuit" before? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD#Lawsuit There is also a nice reading here (if you are interested in a bit of UNIX h= istory) https://www.amazon.com/Daemon-Gnu-Penguin-Peter-Salus/dp/097903423X ----- Original Message ----- From: paradox via freebsd-wireless <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> To: paradox <ddkprog@yahoo.com>; Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 11:42 AM Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr sup 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 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 <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: > > Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr sup > To: "paradox" <ddkprog@yahoo.com>, "Felix Friedlander" <felixphew0@gmail.com> > Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <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. > >=20 ________________________________ >=20 From: paradox via freebsd-wireless <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> > To: Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com> > > 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 > > >=20 -------------------------------------------- > On Thu, 11/17/16, Felix Friedlander <felixphew0@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr > sup > To: "paradox" <ddkprog@yahoo.com> > Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org > Date: Thursday, November 17, 2016, 10:32 PM > > > > On 18 Nov. 2016, at 05:36, paradox via > freebsd-wireless > <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> > 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 <felixphew0@gmail.com> >=20 _______________________________________________ > 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" > _______________________________________________ > 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"= =20
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