Bug#387760: linux-modules-extra-2.6: adding linux-wlan-ng modules
On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 11:13:25PM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I had a look at linux-wlan-ng, it is indeed dual-licensed under MPL and
> GPL, hence from the license point of view, it is possible to include
> linux-wlan-ng into the conglomeration package.
>
> I made a successful testbuild on i386 and amd64. Do you still request
> its inclusion?
Yes sure.
The file that reports the statement 'This software is NOT distributed under
an Open Source license.' is the firmware loader, that is not part of the
modules. This may be a bug for the linux-wlan-ng package (the utilities)
and this binary may be moved in the lwng-firmware package. Anyway this
should not affect the modules. Also notice that firmware is not strictly
needed, only some devices really need it (so this utility is not vital
and if the license is a real problem can be removed or moved to non free).
I'll ask the upstream if this .c file is under this license for a good
reason...
Ciao
--
Enrico Tassi
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