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Sam Leffler releases HAL sourceSam Leffler releases HAL sourcePosted Dec 6, 2008 18:09 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)In reply to: Sam Leffler releases HAL source by JoeBuck Parent article: Sam Leffler releases HAL source
So they are open-sourcing as well as dumping the code. I didn't see anything about dumping the code. The comment was about Atheros no longer giving Sam information about its products, and how that seems inconsistent with Atheros no longer keeping the source code closed. But I think it's entirely consistent. Sam's special NDA access to the information for use in producing closed-source code, making him the only person who could develop it, is the opposite of open source. If there's an inconsistency, it's that Atheros didn't release the information to the public at the same time as the code.
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