Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.26-5
Severity: serious
Hi,
drivers/net/cassini.h (licensed under GPLv2+) contains two chunks of
binary firmware, such as:
/* firmware patch for NS_DP83065 */
typedef struct cas_saturn_patch {
u16 addr;
u16 val;
} cas_saturn_patch_t;
#if 1
cas_saturn_patch_t cas_saturn_patch[] = {
{0x8200, 0x007e}, {0x8201, 0x0082}, {0x8202, 0x0009},
[...]
Each of them amounts to 2254 bytes, and there's no corresponding source code.
It's worth noting that the second chunk is #ifdef'ed out and not actually
used for anything.
Since this file is licensed under GPL, this could make it illegal to
redistribute it.
In either case, the presence of source-less binary code is a violation
of DFSG #2 requirement for source code availability.
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