* Nathanael Nerode: >> Unless of course the firmware itself is GPL'd, and therefore no one >> can legally give it out without offering the source as well. > > It is GPLed. This is why it hasn't been put in non-free. :-P
> Until they do one of these two things, the firmware is not safe to > distribute. Of course it is safe to distribute. What do you fear? That Broadcom might sue you for distributing something that they have written and released under the GPL, and actually have a case? They might as well sue Debian because the toolchain supports the SB-1 architecture. Of course, Debian is free to refrain from distribution for other reasons, but citing legal problems to cover up political decisions is dishonest.
