Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261315AbVDDSbN (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:31:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261322AbVDDSbN (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:31:13 -0400 Received: from smtp3.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.22.28]:11917 "EHLO smtp3.wanadoo.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261315AbVDDSbE (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:31:04 -0400 X-ME-UUID: 20050404183102937.E4F951C003FA@mwinf0303.wanadoo.fr Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:27:53 +0200 To: Greg KH Cc: Sven Luther , Michael Poole , debian-legal@lists.debian.org, debian-kernel@lists.debian.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice. Message-ID: <20050404182753.GC31055@pegasos> References: <20050404100929.GA23921@pegasos> <87ekdq1xlp.fsf@sanosuke.troilus.org> <20050404141647.GA28649@pegasos> <20050404175130.GA11257@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050404175130.GA11257@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: Sven Luther Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1348 Lines: 31 On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 10:51:30AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 04:16:47PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > This is just the followup on said discussion, involving the larger LKML > > audience, in order to get this fixed for good. As said, it is just a mere > > technicality to get out of the muddy situation, all the people having > > contributed source-less firmware blobs, need to give us (us being debian, but > > also all the linux kernel community) either the source if they persist in > > distributing the code under the GPL, or a clear distribution licence for these > > firmware blobs, and clearly identificate them as not covered by the GPL that > > the file they come in is. > > What if we don't want to do so? I know I personally posted a solution > for this _5_ years ago in debian-legal, and have yet to receive a > patch... Mmm, probably that 2001 discussion about the keyspan firmware, right ? http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2001/04/msg00145.html Can you summarize the conclusion of the thread, or what you did get from it, please ? Friendly, Sven Luther - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/