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Ubuntu: Introducing the Gutsy GibbonUbuntu: Introducing the Gutsy GibbonPosted Apr 13, 2007 23:08 UTC (Fri) by kwink81 (guest, #33926)In reply to: Ubuntu: Introducing the Gutsy Gibbon by proski Parent article: Ubuntu: Introducing the Gutsy Gibbon
“I don't see the sources for that firmware. Or even the binaries for that matter. What license does the firmware use?”
I believe that the firmware is included in the driver tarball I linked to in grandparent. Either that, or the card doesn't need any. In any case, this card is specifically recommended by the FSF (see http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/net/wireless/cards.html). Its under the GPL, see LICENSE in the root of the tarball for more info.
“How does one compile it?”
You'll need kernel sources and headers, as well as GCC and GNU make. Untar the tarball somewhere, cd to Module, then type “make && make install” as root.
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Ubuntu: Introducing the Gutsy Gibbon Posted Apr 15, 2007 3:14 UTC (Sun) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link] Or maybe it has the "same old non-Free, binary only firmware, but built into flash", as ewan suggested. That sounds more plausible to me than the suggestion that the firmware can be compiled by the host compiler.
Ubuntu: Introducing the Gutsy Gibbon Posted Apr 18, 2007 2:28 UTC (Wed) by kwink81 (guest, #33926) [Link] If by "built into flash", you mean ROM, then there is no problem, as ROM is simply a type of hardware. There is no real moral obligation for hardware to be free. See http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-06-22...
Ubuntu: Introducing the Gutsy Gibbon Posted Apr 19, 2007 8:56 UTC (Thu) by tekNico (subscriber, #22) [Link] An article from 1999? Welcome to 2007, to you and to RMS:
Thinking Past Platforms: the Next Challenge for Linux
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