Re: TG3 firmware report...
* Nathanael Nerode:
>> Unless of course the firmware itself is GPL'd, and therefore no one
>> can legally give it out without offering the source as well.
>
> It is GPLed. This is why it hasn't been put in non-free. :-P
> Until they do one of these two things, the firmware is not safe to
> distribute.
Of course it is safe to distribute. What do you fear? That Broadcom
might sue you for distributing something that they have written and
released under the GPL, and actually have a case? They might as well
sue Debian because the toolchain supports the SB-1 architecture.
Of course, Debian is free to refrain from distribution for other
reasons, but citing legal problems to cover up political decisions is
dishonest.
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