Package: firmware-nonfree Followup-For: Bug #449235 Hello,
I've attached a patch to add ipw2200 firmware. That license issue was discussed on debian-kernel and debian-legal[1] and in this bug. This patch depends on a feature that is added by a patch I've also submitted in bug #504668[2]. The License FAQ[3] states : > Q. I am a package maintainer and I would like to create a > package/distribution/CD that installs/provides the Intel firmware > necessary for the ipw2100 and ipw2200 projects. > How does one go about doing this according to Intel's terms > A. There are three key actions that must be performed: > 1. Generally distributors alert end users to the fact that > components of a package may be covered under a variety of > licenses, the specific terms of which vary. Some distributors > use an initial license page during the OS install that informs > the user that various components are governed by a variety of > licenses, and use of the components is subject to the user's > compliance with the various licensing requirements. Other > package systems support an interactive package approach that > requires the user to view and accept the license before they can > install it, etc. The license page is presented to the user, which must accept the license, or the installation fails. I think D-I don't honor preinst script when it installs the firmware from a removable media, but this seems to be allowed here. > 2. Any description within the package must indicate that the > package is covered by the Intel license, and provide the user > with information on how to access that license -- making it > clear that the user is not granted a license to use the package > unless these terms are agreed to. Done. > 3. The package must install the LICENSE file in the same location > on the system that the firmware files are installed. If it is > standard practice in your distribution to place all license > files in a centralized location (for > example /usr/share/license), then you are free to place a copy > of the license in that location, in addition to placing it in > the directory containing the firmware files. A link is created from /lib/firmware/ipw2200.LICENSE to /usr/share/doc/firmware-ipw2200/copyright. I haven't attached the binary blobs. They are available from upstream website[4]. Franklin [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2008/10/msg00530.html [2] http://bugs.debian.org/504668 [3] http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=FAQ&s=license#license_1 [4] http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=7 -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]