Bug#494122: marked as done (binary firmware in drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda8083.c)
Your message dated Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:35:51 -0700
with message-id <20080807163551.GC7446@dario.dodds.net>
and subject line Re: Bug#494122: binary firmware in drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda8083.c
has caused the Debian Bug report #494122,
regarding binary firmware in drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda8083.c
to be marked as done.
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Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.26-1
Severity: serious
Hi,
drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda8083.c (licensed under GPLv2+) contains a small
chunk of binary code:
static u8 tda8083_init_tab [] = {
0x04, 0x00, 0x4a, 0x79, 0x04, 0x00, 0xff, 0xea,
0x48, 0x42, 0x79, 0x60, 0x70, 0x52, 0x9a, 0x10,
[...]
Since the licensing terms allow redistribution, shipping it is not illegal but
is a DFSG violation.
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Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
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On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 11:19:38AM +0000, Robert Millan wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.26-1
> Severity: serious
> drivers/media/dvb/frontends/tda8083.c (licensed under GPLv2+) contains a small
> chunk of binary code:
> static u8 tda8083_init_tab [] = {
> 0x04, 0x00, 0x4a, 0x79, 0x04, 0x00, 0xff, 0xea,
> 0x48, 0x42, 0x79, 0x60, 0x70, 0x52, 0x9a, 0x10,
> [...]
> Since the licensing terms allow redistribution, shipping it is not illegal but
> is a DFSG violation.
44 bytes of binary data for register initialization. Not a DFSG violation.
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