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An anonymous reader writes “The Software Freedom Law Center has given legal clearance to OpenHAL, a wireless component for Linux, based on their pro-bono review of the code. This announcement dispels allegations of infringement on Atheros’ proprietary HAL software. ‘We believe that this outcome will clear the way for eventual acceptance of a new wireless driver into the Linux kernel,’ said John Linville, the Linux kernel maintainer for wireless networking.”

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