On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa@gmx.de> wrote:
Hi http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php just found this on the net, would you guys like to see this drivers in core?
If a native english speaker could look at the license of the binary blob on redistribution, we could integrate those drivers.
I don't have such hardware, so someone else would need to test functionality. your opinions on it?
Looking at it, I noticed this in section 2.3 (b): 2.3. Restriction on Distribution. Licensee [snip] agrees to defend and indemnify Broadcom and its licensors from and against any damages, costs, liabilities, settlement amounts and/or expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with any claim, lawsuit or action by any third party that arises or results from the use or distribution of any and all Software by the Licensee except as contemplated herein. That's a little bit scary, to me. And I also thought we wanted to get away from binary blobs and things like that, especially in core. Is there anything that this driver does that ndiswrapper does not? Something about that clause seems a little goofy to me. I'm fine with this, but I think we should steer away from it in core - only because ndiswrapper already covers this as far as I know. Opinions?