[openbeos] Re: WiFi and Binary Blobs (was: Re: bounties for the new website...)

"Jonas Sundström" <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Petter Holt Juliussen <post@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  ...
> > Maybe WiFi drivers could be something to consider?
> > We only have a couple of drivers, and WiFi - needless 
> > to say - is probably one of the most important things 
> > that BeOS/Haiku is missing.
> So how do we feel about binary blobs?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_blob

As long as we don't have to use the GPL for such a driver, I have 
nothing against them - we just have to live with it, and I rather live 
with it than without a driver at all.

> Devices listed as supported by OpenBSD:
> http://openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Wireless

There are also some WLAN drivers for BeOS, but its author doesn't seem 
to want to publish them in source (and due to bugs he knows about for 
at least half a year or so, they don't work on Haiku either, yet).

Bye,
   Axel.

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