Bug#999485: Please add brcmfmac43456-sdio.* files as it's not just used in RPi devices
Package: firmware-brcm80211
Followup-For: Bug #999485
X-Debbugs-Cc: gwolf@gwolf.org, didi.debian@cknow.org, 1023741@bugs.debian.org
Dear Maintainer,
> There is now a license available for the brcmfmac43456 firmware: it's included
> in the relevant RPF package metadata, in the usual copyright file:
>
> https://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-nonfree_20221012-1~bpo11+1+rpt1.debian.tar.xz
I've prepared a patch locally that attempts to include this license for
distribution with Debian.
It does the following:
* Adds a new entry to the debian/copyright file that adds the updated license
and mentions the download origin (similar to the existing entry). The file
pattern is specific to the 43456-class firmware files.
* Moves the LICENSE file to LICENSE.Broadcom as a disambiguation.
* Adds a LICENSE.Synaptics file, matching the contents of debian/copyright.
And some notes:
* Although this is an updated license, I've confirmed that the firmware file
*contents* have *not* changed the raspi-firmware-1.20220830+ds upload
(before the license was available). The content hashes stay the same, at:
c5bc73bfee9085c2ba1e5f52bc811cabae81cd16df2d1e866aa646ee7fe83534 brcmfmac43456-sdio.bin.base64
08f7ed881894d41f1e50ed0446fb9868c1019b92f8ad582e6cc361577a3e57a6 brcmfmac43456-sdio.clm_blob.base64
44e0bb322dc1f39a4b0a89f30ffdd28bc93f7d7aaf534d06d229fe56f6198194 brcmfmac43456-sdio.txt
* I've placed the copyright year for Synaptics as Y2020, the year that the
acquisition of Broadcom by Synaptics took place.
If that approach sounds sensible (or not!) please let me know and I can adjust
it and/or upload the patch here/elsewhere.
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