Subject: Re: Broadcom BCM4401 driver written
To: Cliff Wright <cliff@vixen.snipe444.org>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/26/2003 18:16:40
Cliff Wright <cliff@vixen.snipe444.org> writes:
> I have written a NetBSD driver for the Broadcom BCM4401 pci
> ethernet 10/100 chip used by my Dell Inpiron 8500 laptop.
> The information to write this was obtained from the Linux driver,
> which of course is GPL'd. I will e-mail the author at Broadcom, and see
> if a BSD license is possible for this NetBSD version.

Why would you need their permission? If it is your code, you need no
one's permission.

Perry