Re: [NTLK] FW: Fwd: Hacked WiFi driver

From: Adam Goddard <pashosh_at_tpg.com.au>
Date: Sun Jan 07 2007 - 17:38:18 EST

On 08/01/2007, at 9:01 AM, Winston MacKelvie wrote:
> Two points:
> Here in Canada one must 'work' a patent or else someone can legally
> demand a license to it which our gov't will oversee.
> One purpose of patents is to stimulate improvements to the invention
> thus forever making everything better.
> I vote for the rewrite, especially if the driver is based on open-
> source.

 From what I recall, it's based on open source linux drivers, so there
are ethics issues as to how it was sold in the first place.

Regards,
   - Adam Goddard

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