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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Clarification on firmware licenses</H1>
<B>Thomas Backlund</B>
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<I>Sat Jan 15 20:34:18 CET 2011</I>
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<PRE>Anssi Hannula skrev 15.1.2011 21:00:
><i> Hi all!
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Sorry for bringing this stuff up again, but it seems there is still some
</I>><i> confusion regarding firmware licenses and to which repository put the
</I>><i> various firmware packages.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Clear cases:
</I>><i> - open-source firmware with source code goes to core
</I>><i> - firmware which doesn't allow modifications or has other similar
</I>><i> restrictions goes to non-free
</I>><i>
</I>><i> However, what to do with firmware that is licensed under a free license
</I>><i> (e.g. BSD/GPL) that doesn't have source code?
</I>><i> There are quite a few of those (see e.g. [1]).
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</I>><i> A quick look at other distros shows the following:
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</I>><i> Debian:
</I>><i> - All firmware without source code goes to non-free.
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This is exactly how I have planned to clean up the firmware,
but I have not had the time yet...
So kernel-firmware (wich belongs in core) and kernel-firmware-extra
(wich belongs in nonfree) will have to be modified...
Anything in kernel-firmware without proper license & source will be
moved to kernel-firmware-extra.
Anything in kernel-firmware-extra with open-source firmware and source
will be moved to kernel-firmware.
The same goes for every other firmware in the distro.
--
Thomas
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