Bug#628676: firmware-nonfree: add ti-connectivity firmware
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> writes:
> If you do nothing with the firmware, but it merely exists in your clone of
> the git tree (by virtue of TI's having deliberately put it there), what
> exactly are you restricted from doing?
Downloading the firmware.
That's only allowed if you are authorized and willing to accept the
license terms. Which you do not know about until after you've violated
them.
So what do I do if I download this firmware and find that I don't really
want to accept the license? If I don't accept it, then I have already
broken the license by downloading it without an intention to accept it.
Catch 22.
> Why is this different to GPL'd firmware on which you violate the licence,
> and lose your rights?
Because you cannot do that without having the opportunity to read the
license terms first. Merely downloading GPL'd software will never
violate the license, no matter what your intentions are.
Bjørn
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