internetnews.com's summary of the last-minute save of 802.11g: great summary of the background and politics, but still doesn't explain the mandatory support of plain OFDM in 802.11g. This seems like a disproportionate boost to Intersil. Also, I'd like to know the terms of patents for OFDM, CCK-OFDM, and CCK-PBCC as relates to cross-licensing or simple licensing by other chipset makers.
Another account, from EE Times: some additional technical detail.