Lewis G Rosenthal writes:
Hi Lewis, I'm up for this!

I'd like to revive this thread (right here, on this list, please), and solicit comments concerning the following:
   * Viability of a new driver project;

Would have to somehow include PCMCIA cards (I still use a T20, although it will be replaced with a T4x at some point, which has the builtin card)

   * Available talent;

No programming skills, I'm afraid :(

   * Financial needs;

Ideally free :)  I'd pay a similar fee to SNAP.

   * Legal issues surrounding code, whether in a wrapper or something
     akin to SNAP;

I don't think there are any real issues about wrapping drivers, are there?  It isn't as though anyone would be charging  for the drivers, just for the wrapper portion (which would be OS/2 code).

   * Possibility of licensing SNAP;

I'd love that, but isn't SNAP graphics?  I thought we were talking about WiFi drivers...

   * Demand for a second (competing) project;

Well, if we aren't getting satisfaction from the existing project, it may be necessary.

 * Possible impact - positive or negative - on GenMAC, XWLAN, and Netlabs

It may halt development on GenMAC, it shouldn't affect XWLAN, since that works with whatever driver, I have no idea how Netlabs would react.

I'm willing to set up a forum topic for this on warptech.info (I need to revive that site, anyway) or even devote webspace to Trac, MediaWiki, Mantis, SVN, or something else perhaps more appropriate to the task. Right now, I'd just like to brainstorm a little. If it comes out that we simply don;t have enough interested or able bodies, then so be it. I'd just like to explore the idea, first...

Stuart

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