Re: Preparing linux-2.6 2.6.18-1

[Nathanael Nerode <neroden@fastmail.fm>]

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Frederik Schueler wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 01:30:34PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
>> I emailed the contact address at Intel about e100, but it seems to forward
>> to tech support.  We'll see if anything comes back.
> 
> what did you write them?

Tried to describe the problem in detail and asked for either source or a
distribution license which didn't require source.  Fool at the other
end said "It's licensed under GPL, so you don't need anything more"
(even though I *said* that didn't work in my email).  I told him "You're
wrong.  Please forward this to Intel's lawyers."

> IMHO, the topmost priority should be to get DFSG-free sources and an 
> in-tree build infrastructure for the firmwares, like the aic7xxx driver.
> 
> We should ask the vendors to relicense the blob and implement 
> request_firmware only if they strictly refuse to provide sources. 
> 
> It also would be interesting to know if the blobs are actually code or 
> register bank settings, as they don't need to be removed in the latter 
> case, not being software at all.
> 
> Maybe we should prepare a document template which we can send to all
> vendors, listing the reasons for our actions and possible actions we see
> they could take, everything in a friendly legalese so we can expect a
> real answer.

We should.  I've had such bad luck that I suggest someone else write the
template.

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