This is probably answered somewhere, but I just can't find it right now: what are the actual requirements for including a firmware which is distributed from kernel.org in the Debian package firmware-linux-nonfree?
The reason I ask is because I was a bit surprised to find that my edgeport usb serial adapter stopped working after upgrading from 2.6.26-2 to 2.6.32-3. I knew the firmware had been moved outside the driver and into the firmware/ directory of the upstream kernel source, so I thought that installing firmware-linux-nonfree would solve this. I then found bug #548745 and the question arised. Why can't Debian distribute something that is distributed from kernel.org, not even in non-free? Is that restriction really gaining anyone? Well, not really a problem to me. I can get the firmware from the upstream kernel source. But I assume other users may have more problems with this. And I believe that such self-imposed unnecessary restrictions are only causing harm to Debian. Bjørn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
