On 2012-12-15, System Administrator <ad...@bitwise.net> wrote: > On 14 Dec 2012 at 16:43, Sha'ul wrote: > >> The driver for AR9485 seems to be fully function in libre Linux from >> what I've tried, don't need the vanilla Linux version for at least the >> wifi to work. Would it not be possible to thereby port over the libre >> linux driver version to get some kind of code going to start hacking on >> to support wifi? >> > > Your code is welcome, but remember you must re-develop, you cannot > "port" -- your driver must be independently developed and free of the > GPL code (mandatory for "libre" linux and not compatible with BSD > kernel).
Why? The ath9k driver in Linux is ISC licensed.
