On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 12:57:15PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > I ask because such a file is present in Debian's Linux kernel sources and > there seems to have been no attempt to remove it, despite the upload of > new versions since the bug report. > > drivers/usb/misc/emi26_fw.h: > > * The firmware contained herein is Copyright (c) 1999-2002 Emagic > * as an unpublished work. This notice does not imply unrestricted > * or public access to this firmware which is a trade secret of Emagic, > * and which may not be reproduced, used, sold or transferred to > * any third party without Emagic's written consent. All Rights Reserved. > > This is the subject of bug #242895, which was (incorrectly) merged with > other bugs.
I would think you would be better off asking on debian-legal rather than here. My non-lawyerly opinion is that since it's factually incorrect (it has been published, it is not a trade secret), these are probably incompetent people who couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery, let alone a lawsuit. -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain
