[Bug 261227] The manual page for rtwnfw(4) describes a licence agreement requirement that seems to be no longer required

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Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 13:24:37 UTC 
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261227

            Bug ID: 261227
           Summary: The manual page for rtwnfw(4) describes a licence
                    agreement requirement that seems to be no longer
                    required
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
               URL: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rtwnfw&sekti
                    on=4&manpath=FreeBSD#DESCRIPTION
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Manual Pages
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: grahamperrin@gmail.com
                CC: doc@FreeBSD.org

From within
<https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=7453645f2a9411a3f9d982b768bcc323f41cf906>
(2016-10-17): 

<https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/diff/sys/modules/rtwnfw/Makefile.inc?id=7453645f2a9411a3f9d982b768bcc323f41cf906>
in Makefile.inc the former requirement became a comment: 

# FIRMWARE_LICENSE=     realtek

Possibly contrary to this, rtwnfw(4) states: 

>      For the loaded firmware to be enabled for use the license at
>      /usr/share/doc/legal/realtek.LICENSE must be agreed to by 
>      adding the following line to loader.conf(5):
> 
> 	   legal.realtek.license_ack=1

From <https://forums.freebsd.org/posts/551385>: 

> … firmware gets loaded (with or without legal.realtek.license_ack=1 
> in loader.conf(5), …

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