CCing a person who can better comment. Cheers, Mithlesh Thukral
On Monday 06 April 2009 18:42:43 maximilian attems wrote: > On Sun, 05 Apr 2009, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote: > > Gitweb: > > http://git.kernel.org/linus/ba0e1ebb7ea0616eebc29d2077355bacea62a9d8 > > Commit: ba0e1ebb7ea0616eebc29d2077355bacea62a9d8 > > Parent: 19be358212af35bd64d449da82279874099a1a85 > > Author: Mithlesh Thukral <mithl...@linsyssoft.com> > > AuthorDate: Wed Mar 25 15:52:54 2009 +0530 > > Committer: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@suse.de> > > CommitDate: Fri Apr 3 14:54:38 2009 -0700 > > > > Staging: sxg: slicoss: Specify the license for Sahara SXG and Slicoss > > drivers > > > > Specify a license for the Alacritech Sahara (10Gbe) and SLICOSS > > (1GBE) firmware files. > > > > Signed-off-by: Christopher Harrer <char...@alacritech.com> > > Signed-off-by: Mithlesh Thukral <mithl...@linsyssoft.com> > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@suse.de> > > --- > > firmware/WHENCE | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- > > 1 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/firmware/WHENCE b/firmware/WHENCE > > index df79422..d6c227d 100644 > > --- a/firmware/WHENCE > > +++ b/firmware/WHENCE > > @@ -372,7 +372,21 @@ File: slicoss/oasisdbgdownload.sys.ihex > > File: slicoss/oasisdownload.sys.ihex > > File: slicoss/oasisrcvucode.sys.ihex > > > > -Licence: Unknown > > +Licence: > > + Copyright (C) 1999-2009 Alacritech, Inc. > > + > > + as an unpublished work. This notice does not imply unrestricted or > > + public access to the source code from which this firmware image is > > + derived. Except as noted below this firmware image may not be > > + reproduced, used, sold or transferred to any third party without > > + Alacritech's prior written consent. All Rights Reserved. > > + > > + Permission is hereby granted for the distribution of this firmware > > + image as part of a Linux or other Open Source operating system kernel > > + in text or binary form as required. > > + > > + This firmware may not be modified and may only be used with > > + Alacritech hardware. > > have you read what you say? > > the last paragraph disables the distribution right, > due beeing only allowed to be touched on alacritech hardware. > > i'm certainly not buying anything from alacritech, > but would want to disbribute your fimware in Debian > in the nonfree firmware-linux package for the benefit > of your customers. > -> http://packages.debian.org/sid/firmware-linux > > > Found in hex form in kernel source. > > > > @@ -383,10 +397,23 @@ Driver: SXG - Alacritech IS-NIC products > > File: sxg/saharadownloadB.sys.ihex > > File: sxg/saharadbgdownloadB.sys.ihex > > > > -Licence: Unknown > > +Licence: > > + Copyright (C) 1999-2009 Alacritech, Inc. > > + > > + as an unpublished work. This notice does not imply unrestricted or > > + public access to the source code from which this firmware image is > > + derived. Except as noted below this firmware image may not be > > + reproduced, used, sold or transferred to any third party without > > + Alacritech's prior written consent. All Rights Reserved. > > + > > + Permission is hereby granted for the distribution of this firmware > > + image as part of a Linux or other Open Source operating system kernel > > + in text or binary form as required. > > + > > + This firmware may not be modified and may only be used with > > + Alacritech hardware. > > same trouble, > nuke the "and may only be used with Alacritech hardware." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
