Software Freedom Law Center clears OpenHAL for further development
An investigation by the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has determined that OpenHAL -- which facilitates Linux wireless connections for LAN cards using Atheros Communications technology -- does not...
View ArticleRelicensing: what's legal and what's right
The ath5k driver has been through more than the usual amount of legal trouble. This driver, for Atheros wireless chipsets, was originally reverse engineered and developed in the BSD community.
View ArticleSoftware Freedom Law Center Completes Review of Linux Wireless Code
The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), provider of pro-bono legal services to protect and advance Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), today announced that it has carefully reviewed the lineage of...
View ArticleAtheros releases free software wireless driver; no binary blobs
"Atheros Communications has announced the release of free software wireless drivers for ath9k. The ath9k driver requires no proprietary binary blobs and works on several chipsets and over a dozen...
View ArticleAtheros makes friends with Linux
Linux overcame most of its former driver woes years ago except for one noticeable exception: Wi-Fi drivers. While many Wi-Fi cards and chipsets were Linux friendly, two major Wi-Fi chipset vendors,...
View Article[FSF] Free Software Supporter Issue 6 - August 2008
– ## In this issue * Why free software and Apple's iPhone don't mix * Play Ogg! * Pizza Party for friends of the FSF in San Francisco * Portland associate membership meeting recap * Give Apple the...
View ArticleAtheros HAL Under Free Software License
"...This week Atheros Communications has made another step forward in enabling their wireless products on Linux. Atheros has released their HAL used for their 802.11a/b/g devices under the ISC. The ISC...
View ArticleNew Linux Broadcom Wi-Fi drivers arrive
One of the most annoying experiences for any desktop Linux user is installing a Linux on a laptop, switching it on, and... discovering that the Wi-Fi chipset doesn't support Linux.
View Articlefree software laptop campaign
"Finally I did it. I decided to point to an higher goal asking Dell to produce a free software laptop. I made a campaign in english and italian inviting all the people to ask Dell for a machine with...
View ArticleAtheros Wi-Fi goes open-source, Linux friendly
If you use Wi-Fi on your laptop, there's an excellent chance you're using Atheros chipsets for your wireless networking. Atheros' silicon is in gear from Linksys, D-Link and Netgear to name but a few...
View ArticleAtheros open sources firmware for two wireless chips
Qualcomm Atheros has released the source code of firmware for two of its 802.11n wireless chips on GitHub.
View ArticleSoftware Freedom Law Center clears OpenHAL for further development
An investigation by the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has determined that OpenHAL -- which facilitates Linux wireless connections for LAN cards using Atheros Communications technology -- does not...
View ArticleRelicensing: what's legal and what's right
The ath5k driver has been through more than the usual amount of legal trouble. This driver, for Atheros wireless chipsets, was originally reverse engineered and developed in the BSD community.
View ArticleSoftware Freedom Law Center Completes Review of Linux Wireless Code
The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), provider of pro-bono legal services to protect and advance Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), today announced that it has carefully reviewed the lineage of...
View ArticleAtheros releases free software wireless driver; no binary blobs
"Atheros Communications has announced the release of free software wireless drivers for ath9k. The ath9k driver requires no proprietary binary blobs and works on several chipsets and over a dozen...
View ArticleAtheros makes friends with Linux
Linux overcame most of its former driver woes years ago except for one noticeable exception: Wi-Fi drivers. While many Wi-Fi cards and chipsets were Linux friendly, two major Wi-Fi chipset vendors,...
View Article[FSF] Free Software Supporter Issue 6 - August 2008
– ## In this issue * Why free software and Apple's iPhone don't mix * Play Ogg! * Pizza Party for friends of the FSF in San Francisco * Portland associate membership meeting recap * Give Apple the...
View ArticleAtheros HAL Under Free Software License
"...This week Atheros Communications has made another step forward in enabling their wireless products on Linux. Atheros has released their HAL used for their 802.11a/b/g devices under the ISC. The ISC...
View ArticleNew Linux Broadcom Wi-Fi drivers arrive
One of the most annoying experiences for any desktop Linux user is installing a Linux on a laptop, switching it on, and... discovering that the Wi-Fi chipset doesn't support Linux.
View Articlefree software laptop campaign
"Finally I did it. I decided to point to an higher goal asking Dell to produce a free software laptop. I made a campaign in english and italian inviting all the people to ask Dell for a machine with...
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