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FreeBSD 6.0 to Target Wireless Devices

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the and-now-for-the-wireless-toaster dept.

BSDForums writes "FreeBSD is hoping to move beyond the server and desktop market by providing expanded wireless support. FreeBSD developer Scott Long said that 'one of the primary reasons for improving wireless support is to give companies the tools to put FreeBSD into their wireless devices. The guy at FreeBSD who is adding wireless support is under contract from wireless companies to do the work.'"

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  1. FreeBSD on routers? I hope not... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Seems like a bad thing to me. Imagine FreeBSD being used on new routers. Who benefits from this? The manufacturer! No one else. BSD license is bad for this. With GPL, everyone benefits.