>> To porting need a license ? may be for USA or some other countrys but not >> 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". Apparently, the Broadcom source files give no permission to third parties for redistribution/modification of the work.
When you say "porting to FreeBSD", my interpretation of the phrase is "making the code or resulting binary work under FreeBSD". Below is what Wikipedia understands from "porting" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porting >> I do not think that broadсom will seek and pursue all users who wish to use >> porting code Aye, they sure can "sue" somebody, not necessarily the users though. Have you 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 history) https://www.amazon.com/Daemon-Gnu-Penguin-Peter-Salus/dp/097903423X ----- Original Message ----- From: paradox via freebsd-wireless <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> To: paradox <ddkp...@yahoo.com>; Adrian Chadd <adrian.ch...@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 for 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 broadсom will seek and pursue all users who wish to use porting code -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 11/18/16, Adrian Chadd <adrian.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr sup To: "paradox" <ddkp...@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 <fnoyan...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr sup > To: "paradox" <ddkp...@yahoo.com>, "Felix Friedlander" <felixph...@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. > > ________________________________ > From: paradox via freebsd-wireless <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> > To: Felix Friedlander <felixph...@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 > > > -------------------------------------------- > On Thu, 11/17/16, Felix Friedlander <felixph...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Subject: Re: sourcecode of broadcom drivers up to 2011 yr > sup > To: "paradox" <ddkp...@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/net/wl/impl10/wl/sys > > PHY > > > https://github.com/elenril/VMG1312-B/tree/master/bcmdrivers/broadcom/net/wl/impl10/wl/phy > > There’s a difference between finding the code, and having > a licence to use it… If I’m not mistaken Adrian already > has access to the proprietary Broadcom driver through his > work, it’s 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 <felixph...@gmail.com> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org > mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
