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Re: Purge of firmware to recommence



* J.D. Thomas Hood (jdthood@yahoo.co.uk) [040420 14:40]:
>  --- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> wrote: 
> > As far as I understood the release manager, the firmware could be part
> > of the kernel image as long as:
> > - The firmware is truly under GPL, i.e. real source and toolchain is
> >   there or
> > - some known good lawyer says it's ok.
> > 
> > Otherwise, it needs to be moved out of the physical kernel image (due
> > to copyright reasons), but not necessarily out of main.

> True, but in many cases the grounds for removing the code from the kernel
> will also be grounds for removing it from main.

Well, removing from the kernel is prae-sarge, removing from main is
post-sarge.


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Andi
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