I don't think the problem here is whether we get permission to redistribute it or not, the problem is including closed source material in the install CD.
On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 20:14 +0200, Przemysław Kulczycki wrote: > Owners of Broadcom 43xx cards are in a very unpleasant situation when > they want to install Ubuntu on their laptops/PCs because Ubuntu requires > a network connection to fetch the firmware for the b43/bcm43xx driver. > > If you don't have another network interface then you're stuck and have > to use another computer or another operating system. > The b43-fwcutter downloads 2 files from openwrt.org: > http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 > and http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/wl_apsta-3.130.20.0.o > Maybe the guys from openwrt.org could be asked if redistribution of > these files is possible? If not, then maybe Canonical could ask Broadcom > for permission to redistribute these files? > If Ubuntu 8.10 is said to have pervasive network access then we should > take care about this issue. > > See bug #29566 > https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hw-detect/+bug/29566 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
