Bug#655427: ITP: firmware-crystalhd -- Crystal HD Video Decoder (firmware)
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Andres Mejia <amejia@debian.org>
* Package name : firmware-crystalhd
Version : 0.0~git20120110.fdd2f19
Upstream Author : Broadcom Corporation
* URL : http://git.linuxtv.org/jarod/crystalhd.git
* License : other
Description : Crystal HD Video Decoder (firmware)
I'm not sure if this is something I ask the kernel team, or maintain myself, so
I'm reporting this as an ITP for now. This is an ITP for the firmware needed by
the crystalhd library which has already been uploaded to Debian.
Crystal HD Solution is a product offered by Broadcom. It is used to enable
flawless playback of 1080p high definition video across a wide range of
systems.
The firmware has this disclaimer.
FIRMWARE BINARIES ARE DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING LICENSE -
BINARIES COVERED WITH THIS LICENSE ARE bcm70015fw.bin and bcm70012fw.bin
Copyright 2007-2010 Broadcom Corporation
Redistribution and use in binary forms of this software, without modification,
are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of
conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other
materials provided with the distribution.
Neither the name of Broadcom nor the names of its contributors may be used to
endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior
written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL BROADCOM BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE
GOODS OR SERVICES;LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
LIABILITY, OR TORT(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF
THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
The above notice is found in a source file for the crystalhd package. It can be
read from
http://git.linuxtv.org/jarod/crystalhd.git/blob/HEAD:/linux_lib/libcrystalhd/libcrystalhd_fwcmds.cpp
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