Re: Bug#239952: kernel-source-2.6.4: qla2xxx contains non-free firmware
Don Armstrong writes:
> I'm not sure at all what the firmware being a RTOS has to do with it's
> distributability.
The hardware vendor may have licensed the RTOS from a company which is in
the RTOS business and is therefor very unlikely to free the source.
This is likely to be a continuing problem: licensing "IP" under _extremely_
restrictive conditions is routine in the hardware business.
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