Re: Built-In Wireless support
On Thursday 17 August 2006 20:59, Anthony Simonelli wrote:
> That's what I'm trying to figure out. Are the
> closed-source drivers for these devices compiled into
> Ubuntu or FreeSpire's kernels? If so, how is it done?
>
> How does Ubuntu get away with using them in their
> Kernel and yet remain free without any EULA? I know
> that (Lin)FreeSpire require you to accept an EULA but
> Ubuntu does not?
There is a GPL'd driver for the Ralink RT2400 and RT2500 but I am not certain
Linspire or Freespire use that driver. I think the difference between
distributions is the hardware detection.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rt2400
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