Re: firmware packages

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 02:10:29PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 04, 2005 at 02:55:18PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> > Bastian Blank wrote:
> > > Are there any attempts to provide firmware images which are needed for
> > > several hardware and not included in the kernel as packages?
> > Under what conditions can Debian distribute Third Party Firmware Images ?
> 
> If it is redistributable, we can at least distribute it in non-free. I
> currently don't know if a "free" (as in BSD license) but hex-dump-only
> firmware may be okay for main.

Nope, the DFSG mandates the presence of the source code, i think.

Friendly,

Sven Luther