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FLOSS drivers are not a problem. The hardware vendors are the problem

FLOSS drivers are not a problem. The hardware vendors are the problem

Posted Jan 26, 2007 17:43 UTC (Fri) by odie (guest, #738)
In reply to: FLOSS drivers are not a problem. The hardware vendors are the problem by dwheeler
Parent article: A report from the Linux wireless developers meeting

Also worth noting that while the Intel chips run proprietary firmware, the drivers are GPL and work beautifully (at least the ipw2100). I personally don't mind too much running proprietary firmware on a wireless chip, as it is already an untrusted link.


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