Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: Binary firmware in the kernel - licensing issues. | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 08 May 2003 11:56:40 +0100 |
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On Iau, 2003-05-08 at 10:44, Simon Kelley wrote: > 4) The same hardware and firmware is unambiguously OK if the firmware > is held in flash rather than initialised by the host.
That actually makes a difference because of who shipped it and how it was shipped I am told
> 1) The GPL is unclear on this point. > 2) The intention of the GPL is to allow redistribution only > with source. > 3) Some contributors to the kernel might want their work distributed > only with all source, including firmware source. These people > would contend that their copyright had been violated and would > feel aggrieved or sue for lots of money.
4) Debian and in future some other vendors may well rip out all binary firmware files.
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