Re: Solving the linux-2.6 firmware issue
On 01/06/07 14:44, Frederik Schueler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 01:19:01PM -0800, Jeff Carr wrote:
>> This doesn't have anything to do with legality. You can legally
>> distribute these drivers.
>
> in <20061020233507.GA3118@mauritius.dodds.net> Steve Langasek clearly
Yes, I've read this.
>> What legal advice did you receive that made you determine that it is
>> illegal to distribute them?
>
> IANAL, and I am the wrong one to address, see above. sorry.
I'm just trying to understand the "not legal to distribute".
Steve states:
"Neither the release managers nor the ftp masters believe that the
sourceless GPL firmware shipped with the kernel poses a legal problem
for Debian."
If you feel there is some legal problem I'd like to understand it as I
also do not see a legal problem. Otherwise, I think it's better if we
don't appeal to a legal justification as that often just causes fear
and uncertainty.
Have a good one,
Jeff
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