On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 18:51 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 06:06:45PM -0500, Edward Allcutt wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 07:26 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: > > > 2. You may not copy, modify, rent, sell, distribute or transfer > > > any part of the Firmware except as provided in this Agreement, and > > > you agree to prevent unauthorized copying of the Firmware. > > I'm not sure how the Debian project can prevent unauthorized copying... > > > I thought that as well, but it appears that they clause is part of the > end user license agreement. Since Debian is not an end user, rather an > ISV in their terms, that clause does not specifically apply to Debian. How about individual mirror operators? They should not be prevented from using this software because they also distribute it. (Why do companies care about "unauthorised" copying of firmware that's essential to and only useful for their hardware? I've never understood this. Perhaps it's something the lawyers put in by default.) Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The obvious mathematical breakthrough [to break modern encryption] would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers. - Bill Gates
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