Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:59:58 +0100
From: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: =?utf-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= <zajec5@gmail.com>,
	Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>,
	Henry Ptasinski <henryp@broadcom.com>,
	Brett Rudley <brudley@broadcom.com>,
	Nohee Ko <noheek@broadcom.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>,
	"linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	b43-dev <b43-dev@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: Request for free-distributable Broadcom's (G|LP)-PHY firmware
Message-ID: <20110221095957.GA4568@redhat.com>
References: <AANLkTik45KLdLf5UpjPtXTNgy4Df_BupyQ3SzRr6gZgC@mail.gmail.com>
 <AANLkTin_JcEyT21dTS=Ew868HJvZQ2FVZBGXjCZn=8O_@mail.gmail.com>
 <4CBF640C.4080405@broadcom.com>
 <AANLkTinfwhjvfJU6C97SPJ8YKRqyJaCoQnAcC_uKLZa=@mail.gmail.com>
 <1287674517.2383.7.camel@dcbw.foobar.com>
 <AANLkTikLbtV5dLu+Gu=8ibi=ERPiOykN9qBL4rPKS36g@mail.gmail.com>
 <4D5EF0E9.4050908@lwfinger.net>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
In-Reply-To: <4D5EF0E9.4050908@lwfinger.net>
Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 04:21:29PM -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 02/18/2011 03:24 PM, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> >Few months later, is there any progress? Can we expect:
> >
> >1) Easier licensing of currently provided firmware (see Fedore case)
> >2) Firmware for LP-PHY devices
> >?
> 
> I think we can forget this whole business. It seems that Broadcom is
> content with their business model, even though knowledgeable Linux
> users are avoiding their products like the plague.

Broadcom will not release old firmware with redistributable license,
because of legal concerns, which are ridiculous for everyone except
them.

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2010-September/142893.html 

That sucks.