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SubjectRe: bnx2 dirver's firmware images
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 <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 * Derived from proprietary unpublished source code,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.

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

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