Sebastian Ley wrote: > Hello legal wizards, > > I need some advice about a license, my legal-english is not enough to > determine whether the ipw2100 (popular wifi chipset) firmware by Intel > is distributable in non-free. > > The license can be found here: > http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=2 > > My problems are: > - Are we as Debian project a OEM or ISV? ISV.
> - Since Intel requires an acceptance of this EULA, would I need to > gather that acceptance too? It looks, in fact, like all mirror operators would have to accept it. That makes it undistributable. > - If it is not redistributable, may I add a downloading feature to the > postinst? Legally, yes, if the downloading feature forces the end-user to go through the EULA and all that crapola. Technically, it seems nasty to have a postinst prompt the user to accept a EULA; if installation is in noninteractive mode, you'd have to refuse to download. In conclusion: EEEEEWWWWWW! -- There are none so blind as those who will not see.
