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

In message <20241021072213.d372a39793a9564030a31085@dec.sakura.ne.jp>, 
Tomoaki
AOKI writes:
> On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 12:41:05 -0700
> Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> 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.
>
> Or requesting and acquiring for ALL authors of ALL needed files to be
> BSD-compatiblly licensed (including dual or more licenced in conjunction
> with GPL)?

Dual licensing is ok. but one of the licenses must be BSD as opposed to 
BSD-compatibility.
BSD is compatible with GPL but many users of FreeBSD are afraid that GPL in 
FreeBSD will make it GPL and therefore useless for their purposes.

BSD-compatibility is not enough. It should also be BSD licensed.


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