The goal of this documentation and comments in the source code is to
give enough information for other developers to understand how
-%wpa_supplicant and hostapd have been implemented, how they can be
+wpa_supplicant and hostapd have been implemented, how they can be
modified, how new drivers can be supported, and how the source code
can be ported to other operating systems. If any information is
missing, feel free to contact Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> for more
information. Contributions as patch files are also very welcome at the
-same address. Please note that this software is licensed under dual
-license, GPLv2 or BSD at user's choice. All contributions to
-%wpa_supplicant and hostapd are expected to use compatible licensing
-terms.
+same address. Please note that this software is licensed under the
+BSD license (the one with advertisement clause removed). All
+contributions to wpa_supplicant and hostapd are expected to use
+compatible licensing terms.
-The source code and read-only access to the combined %wpa_supplicant
+The source code and read-only access to the combined wpa_supplicant
and hostapd Git repository is available from the project home page at
http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/. This developers' documentation is also
available as a PDF file from
http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-devel.pdf .
-\section wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant
+\section _wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant
-%wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD and Windows with
+wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD and Windows with
support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN). Supplicant is the IEEE
802.1X/WPA component that is used in the client stations. It
implements key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator and it can optionally
control roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/association of the wlan
driver.
-The design goal for %wpa_supplicant was to use hardware, driver, and
+The design goal for wpa_supplicant was to use hardware, driver, and
OS independent, portable C code for all WPA functionality. The source
code is divided into separate C files as shown on the \ref
code_structure "code structure page". All hardware/driver specific
EAPOL (IEEE 802.1X) state machines are implemented as a separate
module that interacts with \ref eap_peer_module "EAP peer implementation".
In addition to programs aimed at normal production use,
-%wpa_supplicant source tree includes number of \ref testing_tools
+wpa_supplicant source tree includes number of \ref testing_tools
"testing and development tools" that make it easier to test the
programs without having to setup a full test setup with wireless
cards. These tools can also be used to implement automatic test
suites.
-%wpa_supplicant implements a
+wpa_supplicant implements a
\ref ctrl_iface_page "control interface" that can be used by
-external programs to control the operations of the %wpa_supplicant
+external programs to control the operations of the wpa_supplicant
daemon and to get status information and event notifications. There is
a small C library that provides helper functions to facilitate the use of the
control interface. This library can also be used with C++.
-\image html wpa_supplicant.png "wpa_supplicant modules"
-\image latex wpa_supplicant.eps "wpa_supplicant modules" width=15cm
+\image html _wpa_supplicant.png "wpa_supplicant modules"
+\image latex _wpa_supplicant.eps "wpa_supplicant modules" width=15cm
-\section hostapd hostapd
+\section _hostapd hostapd
hostapd includes IEEE 802.11 access point management (authentication /
association), IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2 Authenticator, EAP server, and
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