(I had the wrong bug. Resending to the right one.)
tags 643952 + upstream
quit
Hi Ben,
Ben Hutchings wrote:
> I can't see any licence text within the source tarball.
[...]
> Where is the full version of the licence text that you are summarising?
It turns out we are in a funny situation, since the source code was
downloaded under terms that permit relicensing the _binaries_ with
fairly permissive terms.
To quote the source code license[1]:
You may license the object code of an Authorized Driver,
including the Software contained therein; provided that such
Authorized Driver is restricted to use solely with ALTEON
ACEnic adapters and ALTEON network cards.
I suspect this means that someone who downloaded the source code from
Alteon (like Jamie Lokier or Bill Paul) can simply _make something up_
as long as it includes the restrictions Alteon suggests. Weird, but
I kind of like it.
To move forward:
1. Does that look correct to you?
2. What license terms would you like? How can we help to get this
object code into the linux-firmware repository?
Thanks a lot for your help,
Jonathan
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=66;bug=517627
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