Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761648AbXISQvn (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:51:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754650AbXISQve (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:51:34 -0400 Received: from baikonur.stro.at ([213.239.196.228]:2538 "EHLO baikonur.stro.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752124AbXISQvd (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:51:33 -0400 Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:51:03 +0200 From: maximilian attems To: David Miller Cc: mchan@broadcom.com, vda.linux@googlemail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: bnx2 dirver's firmware images Message-ID: <20070919165103.GS19918@baikonur.stro.at> References: <20070918.112337.74737433.davem@davemloft.net> <1190145951.9540.230.camel@dell> <20070919163318.GG6618@stro.at> <20070919.093832.88002774.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070919.093832.88002774.davem@davemloft.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1344 Lines: 40 hello dave, i appreciate a lot your opinon, but please cool down. this is not a four spin on your beloved pipe. :) On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 09:38:32AM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: maximilian attems > 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 * Derived from proprietary unpublished source code, 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. afair the trouble is that it does not give permission to change unlike some other gpl or bsd licensed blob. so it is dfsg non-free and not suitable for main distribution. > This whole firmware stripping thing in debian is beyond rediculious > and only serves to hurt users. i'm not of the d-legal department, but seeing free firmwares would be cool. -- maks - 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/