Ironically, Qualcomm/Atheros recently released source code for the firmware of one of it's wireless devices: https://www.fsf.org/news/ryf-certification-thinkpenguin-usb-with-atheros-chip
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Jack Wilborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Qualcomm is one of the people that will not accept that open source > doctrine, so yes we have to blame capitalism, which goes back to the > semiconductor manufacturers who are the one that will not give us the > inside information on the chips. Have you ever had a machine that all you > need to do to make it useful is to get the wifi adapter to work and then > you find our that it's not supported by any version of Linux, so you have > to go some other route, but you don't have another route? > > Yes that's what I mean... > > Jack > > > On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 5:24 AM, macbroadcast <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Am 13.07.2013 14:12, schrieb Jack Wilborn: >> >>> In other words are there proprietary chips inside that we don't have >>> access? >>> >> ........guess we have to blame the semiconductors then.... >> >> >> http://www.isuppli.com/**Semiconductor-Value-Chain/** >> News/Pages/Qualcomm-Rides-**Wireless-Wave-to-Take-Third-** >> Place-in-Global-Semiconductor-**Market-in-2012.aspx<http://www.isuppli.com/Semiconductor-Value-Chain/News/Pages/Qualcomm-Rides-Wireless-Wave-to-Take-Third-Place-in-Global-Semiconductor-Market-in-2012.aspx> >> >> marc >> >>> >>> Jack >>> >>> >> -- >> Les enfants terribles / Marc Manthey >> 50823 Köln, germany >> Vogelsangerstr.97 >> Mobile : 0049-1577-3329231 >> Fingerprint: B045 9750 C2CB 06C3 3782 A264 A47F 3645 0E19 8512 >> Website: https://let.de >> Twitter: https://twitter.com/**macbroadcast<https://twitter.com/macbroadcast> >> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/**opencu<https://www.facebook.com/opencu> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Freedombox-discuss mailing list >> Freedombox-discuss@lists.**alioth.debian.org<[email protected]> >> http://lists.alioth.debian.**org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/** >> freedombox-discuss<http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss >
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