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Bug#412950: marked as done (linux-2.6: [legal] the current kernel tarball doesn't respect the GR 2006-007)

Your message dated Fri, 16 May 2008 15:26:02 +0200
with message-id <20080516132602.GA11998@stro.at>
and subject line Re: done mission over
has caused the Debian Bug report #242866,
regarding linux-2.6: [legal] the current kernel tarball doesn't respect the GR 2006-007
to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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Package: linux-2.6
Severity: serious
Justification: http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_007


Well, in http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_007, we voted about the kernel
firmwares, and among others claimed :

  3. We assure the community that there will be no regressions in the progress
  made for freedom in the kernel distributed by Debian relative to the Sarge
  release in Etch

and :

  4. ... as long as we are legally allowed to do so, and the firmware is
  distributed upstream under a license that complies with the DFSG.

Both of these restrictions are not respected by the current linux-2.6 source
tarball, and the tg3 firmware driver in particular.

The tg3 firmware was stripped from the sarge kernel, it is a non-free but
redistributable binary blob, and this is thus a regression with regard to the
sarge release.

Secondly, the tg3 firmware licence is :

 * Firmware is:
 *      Derived from proprietary unpublished source code,
 *      Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Broadcom Corporation.
 *
 *      Permission is hereby granted for the distribution of this firmware
 *      data in hexadecimal or equivalent format, provided this copyright
 *      notice is accompanying it.

which would never pass the DFSG in any way. The licence clearly state it is a
binary derived from unpublished source code, and neither the source code is
available, nor is there any right of modification involved in it.

It is astounding how, Steve Langasek as the lead RM, specifically asked for
a GR on the subject in order to know how to act as RM, and then, even before
the vote finished, claimed he would not respect it.

Friendly,

Sven Luther

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Version: 2.6.24-1

the "offended" firmware is stripped in linux-2.6 since
aboves metioned version.

stop reopening that bug if you are not a MAINTAINER
nor have any valid piece of info that it has *not* been
dealt with.

if you find additional DFSG violations report a new bug.

kthxbye

-- 
maks

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