Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 14:59:35 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Jason Bacon <bacon4000@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help wanted on porting a wifi library from Linux to FreeBSD Message-ID: <CANCZdfrD51-Gy3vKJp-0J%2BXtKKjQG9XAH7wtNeeZLKXpy5KmHw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <cbc9cd34-3d28-437d-85cc-1537addf0f75@gmail.com> References: <CA%2BAExUT4fM%2Bp85Shzp1xFFOrabS_FDwWYSbUJjmka6%2BROOJnLw@mail.gmail.com> <20241020194105.87D67216@slippy.cwsent.com> <cbc9cd34-3d28-437d-85cc-1537addf0f75@gmail.com>
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--000000000000fc98ab0624eed0a0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Oct 20, 2024, 2:46=E2=80=AFPM Jason Bacon <bacon4000@gmail.com> wro= te: > On 10/20/24 14:41, Cy Schubert wrote: > > In message > <CA+AExUT4fM+p85Shzp1xFFOrabS_FDwWYSbUJjmka6+ROOJnLw@mail.gmail.c > > om> > > , Artem Hevorhian writes: > >> > >> https://github.com/bmegli/wifi-scan > >> > >> Here it is. It uses nl80211.h header. I think we should do the same on > >> FreeBSD. Mentorship is required for me to work on it. Please help me > with > >> this. > > > > Porting GPL code to FreeBSD is not a good idea. A rewrite under a BSD > > license would work though. > > Porting GPL code into the FreeBSD base is undesirable, but is there any > reason this could not reside in ports? > Ports are fine as GPL Warner --=20 > Life is a game. Play hard. Play fair. Have fun. > > --000000000000fc98ab0624eed0a0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto"><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" = class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 20, 2024, 2:46=E2=80=AFPM Jason Bacon <= <a href=3D"mailto:bacon4000@gmail.com">bacon4000@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<b= r></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border= -left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 10/20/24 14:41, Cy Schubert wrote= :<br> > In message <CA+AExUT4fM+p85Shzp1xFFOrabS_FDwWYSbUJjmka6+ROOJnLw@mai= l.gmail.c<br> > om><br> > , Artem Hevorhian writes:<br> >><br> >> <a href=3D"https://github.com/bmegli/wifi-scan" rel=3D"noreferrer = noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/bmegli/wifi-scan</a><br>; >><br> >> Here it is. It uses nl80211.h header. I think we should do the sam= e on<br> >> FreeBSD. Mentorship is required for me to work on it. Please help = me with<br> >> this.<br> > <br> > Porting GPL code to FreeBSD is not a good idea. A rewrite under a BSD<= br> > license would work though.<br> <br> Porting GPL code into the FreeBSD base is undesirable, but is there any <br= > reason this could not reside in ports?<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir= =3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Ports are fine as GPL=C2=A0</div><div= dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Warner=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"aut= o"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd= ing-left:1ex"> -- <br> Life is a game.=C2=A0 Play hard.=C2=A0 Play fair.=C2=A0 Have fun.<br> <br> </blockquote></div></div></div> --000000000000fc98ab0624eed0a0--
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