Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 15:46:02 -0500 From: Jason Bacon <bacon4000@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help wanted on porting a wifi library from Linux to FreeBSD Message-ID: <cbc9cd34-3d28-437d-85cc-1537addf0f75@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20241020194105.87D67216@slippy.cwsent.com> References: <CA%2BAExUT4fM%2Bp85Shzp1xFFOrabS_FDwWYSbUJjmka6%2BROOJnLw@mail.gmail.com> <20241020194105.87D67216@slippy.cwsent.com>
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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? -- Life is a game. Play hard. Play fair. Have fun.
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