On Fri, 6 May 2005 03:13:07 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 10:23:38AM +1000, Rod.. Whitworth wrote: >> Saw this today:http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3502786 >> >> Haven't found a licence yet to see how "free" it really is but it >> <sounds> like progress. >> >> Anyone know more/better ? >> > > "This is not the first time Atheros has contributed to open source > coffers. The company already has a few projects available through the > independent madwifi project." > >madwifi is not free software. atheros never contributed to free >software. indeed, they antagonised against any efforts to implement >a free driver for their chipsets. > >but there are some powerful and open-minded competitors from taiwan >and atheros gets into serious trouble. so they start some pseudo open >source projects to get some good pr. > >if atheros would be seriously interested in supporting "open source" >projects, they could send us a mail with all of their specs and >hardware documentation for the ARxxxx radios and macs. > >this will likely never happen. > >reyk > >
Sad news but thanks for providing the clues. It helps us all direct our buying to the most helpful suppliers and to encourage our clients/friends/others to do the same. I hope you can make this spirit known to those who have supplied you with the details needed so that they can feel the good vibes they have generated. Thank you for your work too. In the beginning was The Word and The Word was Content-type: text/plain The Word of Rod. Do NOT CC me - I am subscribed to the list. Replies to the sender address will fail except from the list-server.
