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Bug#712674: firmware-linux-nonfree: Please, include the frmware for Sun Cassini (cassini.bin)



On Wed, 2013-06-19 at 12:59 +0200, Jose Andres Arias Velichko wrote:
> Ben!
> 
> I think I've found the bug report you mentions. But it was opened for
> lenny in 2008 and has been archived.
> The Bug # is 498631. Anyway it mentions that a firmware was inside the
> kernel module, and has been put out.

Oh, I hadn't thought to look at that bug report.  I was just looking at
the firmware-nonfree package.

> About the license clarification: I think the mail was sent to Sun just
> during or near their acquisition by Oracle, uncertain time for SUN: so
> may be this is why there was no response. May be it is worth to try to
> write to Oracle now again.
> I can't write in behalf of Debian project, but investigating on Oracle
> Opensource Page (https://oss.oracle.com/) it states that OpenSource
> questions or comments may be sent to "webmaster AT oss.oracle.com".
> Not sure if this will be a correct address, but probably you can just
> send the previouse mail intended for Sun to this address and see if
> there is some luck this time.

Right, I'll do that. thanks.

Ben.

> I'll see if can find any other contact we can try.


-- 
Ben Hutchings
DNRC Motto:  I can please only one person per day.
Today is not your day.  Tomorrow isn't looking good either.

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