[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Bug#239952: kernel-source-2.6.4: qla2xxx contains non-free firmware



Nathanael Nerode writes:
> For these so-called "GPLed" binaries, we should ask the copyright holders
> if they were *really* written as binary blobs.  If they say "yes", let's
> believe them.  If they say "no", then the binaries are undistributable.

Unless they grant explicit permission.  Then they would be distributable
but still non-DFSG.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI



Reply to: