On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 11:58:16PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 09:50:47PM +0100, Frederik Schueler wrote: > > Hallo, > > > > On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 11:10:46AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 10:04:45AM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > > > > Now, my question is: Is there still work open? If so, what? Or is the > > > > current removal of firmware enough, and we can relax on this topic? > > > > From my point of view, the situation currently looks like this: > > > > 1. tg3 and qla2xxx driver status has been solved: upstream has > > relicensed the drivers - the sourcecode is licensed under the GPL, the > > firmware data is freely distributable as an aggregate work. > > The firmware is still source-less, and it is not data, as it represents > microcode destined to be run on the controller it is uploaded to.
we all agree that a line needs to be drawn. The stripped firmwares have questionable licenses and needs to be put in non-free. kernel.org is distributing all of them. i'm sure that a user expects a package called linux-image to contain tg3 for example. in an ideal world the line could be drawn much tighter, at the moment there is not much of a gain. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
