Below is a response to your case number CS00003271 submitted to Broadcom NIC Technology Support.
Case Title: GPLed driver and binary-only firmware blobs. Response from Broadcom: Can you please check with your Legal team and let me know if the following license is acceptable by them: +/* xxx.h: Broadcom tg3 network driver. + * + * Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 Broadcom Corporation + * + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + * the Free Software Foundation, except as noted below. + * + * This file contains firmware data derived from proprietary +unpublished + * source code, Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 Broadcom Corporation.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. + */ + Thank you, Broadcom NIC Technology Support Team ====================================== CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVILEGE NOTICE: This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files or previous e-mail messages attached to it, contain proprietary or confidential information and information that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this transmission in error, please destroy the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner. Thank you.
