OSNews > Thread > "RE: WLAN Support" by aliquis

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 27th Mar 2009 23:30 UTC, submitted by paolone

Some weeks ago the popular AROS distribution VmwAROS has changed name into Icaros Desktop, for two reasons: to avoid confusion with VMware-related products, and to better focus on the "Live" version, which runs on top of real hardware. This new release, Icaros Desktop 1.1, the first with the new name, has got many enhancements over the previous ones.

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RE: WLAN Support

by aliquis on Sat 28th Mar 2009 17:08 UTC in reply to "WLAN Support"

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2005-07-23

but surely someone could use the Linux code for these devices to port to another platform.

Better use the *BSD code since the Linux code is GPL infected and the Linux code is probably ripped of the BSDs anyway.

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RE[2]: WLAN Support

by John Blink on Sun 29th Mar 2009 02:41 in reply to "RE: WLAN Support"

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2005-10-11

Wouldn't it be nice that the GPL stated that "if you wish to use a driver that is commonly developed for Linux or <insert free OS>, you are allowed to borrow it".

BTW what license does Haiku and AROS have anyway?

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RE[3]: WLAN Support

by Tim Locke on Sun 29th Mar 2009 15:12 in reply to "RE[2]: WLAN Support"

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2006-03-23

Haiku is under the MIT License

AROS is under the AROS Public License http://aros.sourceforge.net/license.html

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