From nobody Sun Oct 20 20:59:35 2024 X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4XWrRT2ndXz5ZmWc for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2024 20:59:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-pf1-x434.google.com (mail-pf1-x434.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::434]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "WR4" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4XWrRT0PNyz4lCg for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2024 20:59:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: by mail-pf1-x434.google.com with SMTP id d2e1a72fcca58-71e4fa3ea7cso2981507b3a.0 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2024 13:59:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1729457987; x=1730062787; darn=freebsd.org; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=38C9ozoAxySi8zIO/uNTPamjWBdtIILE+4TsPBpFSqM=; b=EHW/PPdY45v1ZJjSBmCxgNStpEWgPac+/+SLVMNTNf9P+9H9OkSCNj/khXWomK+JQI mS7hR2YpmsaGaBprBSeopXgVhp3kAea0z14jzw8HSz2bTv1WBWoFJK7hqF/EtFdlIZRv DYyyUEPO54O6Sg31qXoiuCKJETPUF3HIVBUtAAn5GDTC0FPc6P0Y2rY8vxwBzcc3ecig goIGvbaNjgtC8s5k9O3kfaNXMzioCf/gcGXRTU5R+xDE0URQbdnr0tl5Zky6l4Pq2N3D gxufjWX/KV/cl6VZlHI75tNrB/Vvk6ufdVOWTfSbYUiqXeuKtV7HVMs1NgmJdpRUaaQz /IEQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1729457987; x=1730062787; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=38C9ozoAxySi8zIO/uNTPamjWBdtIILE+4TsPBpFSqM=; b=kpxKv8TPvwpVDJcl85XmsUrCe6d8TLL3X+g5WdZA9z1kTsdL3vFezH7OMTKq3fqTxX tx4KShjpPjQTukI94BIU4YIiGISpGQToCeLSrrLPvR6yAV5nQxxf3M/tuYRgbi/KSEMB 5oUaI4kHHuRJcrlB9W/jgqNAPKGvVfGRVRi7pptwHHHNrxXwo/zULFTamKpfhQt72Ygp DRzNZg4ei5f4izebEaa8FRBlto2pamnJf/8MxSZ0MF80K9sje0/oQd9Qd0j9kAjttlbj vyew1vcBCNbssKKRSTPIqjb9sgCjY9UPK2mh2x/6hY2uP28t22pC1EaS5AFnNIn1g/cO Hj8A== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yw7z5KH4DkvYupB8WHMLywvCTjPtN/K9BvXcnMM3m/LYAz7QavL BO9uxQK+cKFi2GRwp7a2w7gjL6EHb9h4CQi3dr5PACEO4fCBckv9ATW//7fWrzKPxFgR3IJVA53 B4bmTMH/rL+whm+Cdie2NEwSKwBZYlUD1NDxc2tRn02R3jfW7MMedsA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEPY1O1Fdvc/+cSrgBTETyL1GrSYmP/Rix9+MilcrxrnCUV805W8pgi4vMo+C5flLNX46UFp5AyURhi2o1D20M= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6a00:2d1a:b0:71d:fb29:9f07 with SMTP id d2e1a72fcca58-71ea3212103mr13970265b3a.15.1729457987286; Sun, 20 Oct 2024 13:59:47 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: Technical discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-hackers List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20241020194105.87D67216@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: From: Warner Losh Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 14:59:35 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Help wanted on porting a wifi library from Linux to FreeBSD To: Jason Bacon Cc: FreeBSD Hackers Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000fc98ab0624eed0a0" X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4XWrRT0PNyz4lCg X-Spamd-Bar: ---- --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 wro= te: > On 10/20/24 14:41, Cy Schubert wrote: > > In message > > 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


On Sun, Oct 20, 2024, 2:46=E2=80=AFPM Jason Bacon <= bacon4000@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/20/24 14:41, Cy Schubert wrote= :
> In message <CA+AExUT4fM+p85Shzp1xFFOrabS_FDwWYSbUJjmka6+ROOJnLw@mai= l.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 sam= e 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<= br> > 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=C2=A0

Warner=C2=A0

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