In linux.debian.kernel Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I see that the lawyers of SuSE and Red Hat do not believe this to be >> true or at least do not consider it a problem, and this is enough for >> me to ignore the opinion of the debian-legal@ armchair lawyers. >This position was clear enough that broadcom and the other company holding the >qlsomething firmware copyright, changed their licencing after sa lengthy >lawyer consulting process. Good for them, but not really relevant for my argument.
>The real issue here is one of freedom and DFSG and not one of legality anyway. >Those firmware are not DFSG-free and have nothing to do in main, and this is >the real problem. They were not a problem before the SC was "clarified", so I do not expect that many people will suddenly care now. -- ciao, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

