Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:38:32 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <20070919.093832.88002774.davem@davemloft.net>
To: max@stro.at
Cc: mchan@broadcom.com, vda.linux@googlemail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bnx2 dirver's firmware images
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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From: maximilian attems <max@stro.at>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:33:18 +0200

> we have to strip the firmware for Debian for the upcoming Lenny release.

Why do you "have to"?  The vendor has given you explicit rights
to distribute it:

 * Firmware is:
 *	Derived from proprietary unpublished source code,
 *	Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Broadcom Corporation.
 *
 *	Permission is hereby granted for the distribution of this firmware
 *	data in hexadecimal or equivalent format, provided this copyright
 *	notice is accompanying it.

This whole firmware stripping thing in debian is beyond rediculious
and only serves to hurt users.
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