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Subject: Re: wlags49_h1_cs - 2.6.x - Agere Hermes I driver
From: TJ <tj@tjworld.net>
To: Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@mail.ru>
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Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:28:59 +0000
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Hi Andrey,

I've got some good news for you/us/the world of Hermes :)

I got a reply from the legal representative at Agere confirming that
their source-code is BSD licensed, and I've included the contents of the
email here.

I hope this re-assures you so that your excellent work on the drivers
can be made widely available for other hackers to work with.

Regards,

TJ.

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On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 13:54 -0500, Pathare, Viren M (Viren) wrote:


"I would like to confirm that the two drivers; Linux LKM Wireless Driver
Source Code, Version 7.18 and Linux LKM Wireless Driver Source Code,
Version 7.22 comply with Open Source BSD License. Therefore the source
code can be distributed in unmodified or modified form consistent with
the terms of the license.

The Linux driver architecture was based on two modules, the MSF (Module
specific functions) and the HCF (Hardware Control Functions).  Included
in the HCF is run-time firmware (binary format) which is downloaded into
the RAM of the Hermes 1/2/2.5 WMAC.

This hex coded firmware is not based on any open source software and
hence it is not subject to any Open Source License.  The firmware was
developed by Agere and runs on the DISC processor embedded within the
Hermes 1/2/2.5 Wireless MAC devices. 

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Viren Pathare
Intellectual Property Licensing Manager
Agere"