On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 13:40 +0200, briareoh wrote: > Hi all > > I've found some files suspected to be non-free. They're in the > drivers/usb/serial/ and named as "keyspan_xxx_fw.h" > Their "licence" says: > [...]Permission is hereby granted for the distribution > of this firmware > image as part of a Linux or other Open Source operating system kernel > in text or binary form as required. > > This firmware may not be modified and may only be used with > Keyspan hardware. Distribution and/or Modification of the > keyspan.c driver which includes this firmware, in whole or in > part, requires the inclusion of this statement." > > AFAIK this is restrictive software, so non-free.
Correct. this is non-free. > There is another firmware file wich licence looks like above. It's > in /drivers/usb/misc/emi26_fw.h. It says: > > * The firmware contained herein is Copyright (c) > 1999-2002 Emagic > * as an unpublished work. This notice does not imply > unrestricted > * or public access to this firmware which is a trade > secret of Emagic, > * and which may not be reproduced, used, sold or > transferred to > * any third party without Emagic's written consent. All > Rights Reserved. > [...] > * This firmware may not be modified and may only be > used with the > * Emagic EMI 2|6 Audio Interface. Distribution and/or > Modification of > * any driver which includes this firmware, in whole or > in part, > * requires the inclusion of this statement. > > I'll raise a bug. > This is non-free as well kk > Thanks. -- Karl Goetz, Debian user / Ubuntu contributor / gNewSense contributor http://www.kgoetz.id.au
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