From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk>
Cc: Filip Van Raemdonck <mechanix@debian.org>,
"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Subject: Re: Binary firmware in the kernel - licensing issues.
Date: 08 May 2003 11:56:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1052391399.10037.1.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3EBA26FC.5030305@thekelleys.org.uk>
On Iau, 2003-05-08 at 10:44, Simon Kelley wrote:
> 4) The same hardware and firmware is unambiguously OK if the firmware
> is held in flash rather than initialised by the host.
That actually makes a difference because of who shipped it and how it
was shipped I am told
> 1) The GPL is unclear on this point.
> 2) The intention of the GPL is to allow redistribution only
> with source.
> 3) Some contributors to the kernel might want their work distributed
> only with all source, including firmware source. These people
> would contend that their copyright had been violated and would
> feel aggrieved or sue for lots of money.
4) Debian and in future some other vendors may well rip out all binary
firmware files.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-05-08 11:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-06 11:38 Binary firmware in the kernel - licensing issues Simon Kelley
2003-05-06 11:15 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-06 13:28 ` Simon Kelley
2003-05-06 12:44 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-06 13:42 ` Simon Kelley
2003-05-06 12:19 ` Matti Aarnio
2003-05-06 15:16 ` J. Bruce Fields
2003-05-06 15:42 ` Simon Kelley
2003-05-06 15:21 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-07 6:52 ` Simon Kelley
2003-05-07 9:07 ` Filip Van Raemdonck
2003-05-07 9:54 ` Simon Kelley
2003-05-08 8:01 ` Filip Van Raemdonck
2003-05-08 9:44 ` Simon Kelley
2003-05-08 10:56 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2003-05-06 15:48 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-05-06 15:19 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-08 10:20 ` Jörn Engel
2003-05-06 12:54 Downing, Thomas
2003-05-06 12:46 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-06 15:04 Adam J. Richter
2003-05-07 11:59 Adam J. Richter
2003-05-07 14:08 ` Simon Kelley
2003-05-07 17:14 Adam J. Richter
2003-05-08 13:20 Downing, Thomas
2003-05-08 15:59 Adam J. Richter
2003-05-08 16:09 ` Jörn Engel
2003-05-08 16:35 Adam J. Richter
2003-05-08 18:26 ` root
2003-05-08 22:19 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-08 16:51 Adam J. Richter
2003-05-08 23:36 Adam J. Richter
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