Re: Help wanted on porting a wifi library from Linux to FreeBSD

On Sun, Oct 20, 2024, 2:46 PM Jason Bacon <bacon4000@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/20/24 14:41, Cy Schubert wrote:
> > In message
> <CA+AExUT4fM+p85Shzp1xFFOrabS_FDwWYSbUJjmka6+ROOJnLw@mail.gmail.c
> > om>
> > , Artem Hevorhian writes:
> >>
> >> https://github.com/bmegli/wifi-scan
> >>
> >> Here it is. It uses nl80211.h header. I think we should do the same on
> >> FreeBSD. Mentorship is required for me to work on it. Please help me
> with
> >> this.
> >
> > Porting GPL code to FreeBSD is not a good idea. A rewrite under a BSD
> > license would work though.
>
> Porting GPL code into the FreeBSD base is undesirable, but is there any
> reason this could not reside in ports?
>

Ports are fine as GPL

Warner

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