On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 12:33:09AM -0700, Aaron Lehmann wrote: > > GPL'd or not, I'm sorry Greg but the firmware is non-free software. > > 2. Source Code > The program must include source code, and must allow > distribution > in source code as well as compiled form. > > Who cares if it's under a free license when it doesn't comply with the > terms of that license, namely that the source code must be publically > available? And when the source code isn't available, the software is > directly violating rule 2 of the DFSG.
Ok, I agree. Then you need to make sure all of the firmware images in the kernel tree are removed from the Debian version of the kernel. Part of why I brought this up was the fact that the keyspan driver isn't the only firmware image with "odd" license issues in the kernel. Good luck! :) greg k-h
