Re: firmware packages
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 09:59:52AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 09:41:31AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > If it is redistributable, we can at least distribute it in non-free. I
> > > currently don't know if a "free" (as in BSD license) but hex-dump-only
> > > firmware may be okay for main.
> > Nope, the DFSG mandates the presence of the source code, i think.
>
> The kernel source distributes a lot of such firmwares.
Indeed, and i don't really understand why we stopped removing them,they should
be going to non-free (the differenc being that before they where
un-distributable).
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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