Re: intel ipw2100/ipw2200 firmware must be removed

2012-07-16 Thread Toshio Kuratomi
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 09:41:26AM -0400, Al Dunsmuir wrote: > On Saturday, July 14, 2012, 7:25:15 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > > > Perhaps it means that the file can't be in a supported executable format > > such as ELF? Downloaded firmware often is in raw binary format, but > > it's certainly conce

Re: intel ipw2100/ipw2200 firmware must be removed

2012-07-15 Thread Al Dunsmuir
On Saturday, July 14, 2012, 7:25:15 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > Kevin Fenzi wrote: >> See: >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:LicensingGuidelines#Binary_Firmware > Ralf Ertzinger wrote: >> Question about that: The first requirement is that the file is >> non-executable. Does that mean that Fe

Re: intel ipw2100/ipw2200 firmware must be removed

2012-07-14 Thread Eric Smith
Kevin Fenzi wrote: See: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:LicensingGuidelines#Binary_Firmware Ralf Ertzinger wrote: Question about that: The first requirement is that the file is non-executable. Does that mean that Fedora cannot ship firmware for hardware that has a CPU compatible with

Re: intel ipw2100/ipw2200 firmware must be removed

2012-07-14 Thread Peter Jones
On 07/10/2012 03:52 PM, Ralf Ertzinger wrote: Hi. On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:52:28 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote Do we have any such firmware at all? Let's stick to practical issues. Wei don't, as far as I am aware. But with Intel actually preparing to ship Xeon Phi hardware we might sooner than

Re: intel ipw2100/ipw2200 firmware must be removed

2012-07-14 Thread Xose Vazquez Perez
On 07/09/2012 12:16 AM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: Has something changed with the license on them since they were reviewed 5 or so years ago? I don't know, but this is _unacceptable_ : "SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT (Final, Single User) *IMPORTANT - READ BEFORE COPYING, INSTALLING OR USING.*

Re: intel ipw2100/ipw2200 firmware must be removed

2012-07-10 Thread Ralf Ertzinger
Hi. On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:52:28 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote > Do we have any such firmware at all? Let's stick to practical issues. Wei don't, as far as I am aware. But with Intel actually preparing to ship Xeon Phi hardware we might sooner than later. -- "The creatures looked from pig to ma

Re: intel ipw2100/ipw2200 firmware must be removed

2012-07-10 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 07/10/2012 01:33 PM, Ralf Ertzinger wrote: > Hi. > > On Sun, 8 Jul 2012 16:16:31 -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > >> See: >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:LicensingGuidelines#Binary_Firmware > > Question about that: > > The first requirement is that the file is non-executable. Does that

Re: intel ipw2100/ipw2200 firmware must be removed

2012-07-10 Thread Ralf Ertzinger
Hi. On Sun, 8 Jul 2012 16:16:31 -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > See: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:LicensingGuidelines#Binary_Firmware Question about that: The first requirement is that the file is non-executable. Does that mean that Fedora cannot ship firmware for hardware that has a C

Re: intel ipw2100/ipw2200 firmware must be removed

2012-07-08 Thread Kevin Fenzi
Has something changed with the license on them since they were reviewed 5 or so years ago? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217351 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=217350 See: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:LicensingGuidelines#Binary_Firmware If you think it's fail

Re: intel ipw2100/ipw2200 firmware must be removed

2012-07-08 Thread mike cloaked
On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote: > hi, > > License is very restrictive. > Please remove them from the distribution. > > ... and for those with that wireless hardware running Fedora what are they supposed to use instead if there is no open source alternative? -- mike c

intel ipw2100/ipw2200 firmware must be removed

2012-07-08 Thread Xose Vazquez Perez
hi, License is very restrictive. Please remove them from the distribution. --cut-- TERMS AND CONDITIONS IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ BEFORE INSTALLING OR USING THIS INTEL(C) SOFTWARE Do not use or load this firmware (the "Software") until you have carefully read the following terms and conditio