package xfree86 retitle 242865 [drivers] firmware needs to be in a separate file thanks mate On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 12:38:28PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > Package: xfree86 > Severity: serious > Tags: sarge, sid > > The following files contain binary firmwares, and distributing them > appears to be a DFSG violation. (See #239952) > > ./programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/mga/mga_ucode.h > * GLX Hardware Device Driver for Matrox G200/G400 > > ./programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/rendition/v10002d.uc > ./programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/rendition/v20002d.uc > > /* r128_cce.c -- ATI Rage 128 driver -*- linux-c -*- > ./programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/drm/kernel/r128_cce.c > > /* radeon_cp.c -- CP support for Radeon -*- linux-c -*- > ./programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/drm/kernel/radeon_cp.c 21:57 < aj> daniels: to repeat: the proper solution is to get the firmware out of the source code, into a separate file that's used at runtime not compile time This is a showstopper: these microcode chunks need to be broken out into separate files (if not removed altogether), ASAP. You can't distribute binaries under the GPL, but we have been given permission to distribute them with sarge. :) d -- Daniel Stone <daniels@debian.org> Debian: the universal operating system http://www.debian.org
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