Should ipw2100-source be in contrib?

[Guido Trotter <ultrotter@debian.org>]

Package: ipw2100-source
Severity: normal

Hi,

The code for ipw2100 is free software. To load the driver you'll need a
firmware which is non-free and subject to an EULA (for details see
http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=2). Debian cannot thus 
distribute this thing (the firmware), neither in main nor in non-free.

Now the point is: the source code itself doesn't need the firmware to 
be built, but the resulting modules are completely useless without it.

So should this package go in contrib, or is it allowed to stay in main?

Thanks,

Guido

PS This is not RC because I'm not completely sure
PPS CC-ing debian-legal to have a hint...

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