On Sep 14, 2012, ""[email protected]"" <[email protected]> wrote:
> cis firmwares have been removed. They're under the GPL, and the corresponding sources do not accompany the Linux source distribution. The binary configuration files can be trivially converted back to sources, but I don't think that's enough for the binaries to qualify as sources under the GPL. So it's safer for us to remove them. > Are you sure linux-libre did not remove any free firmware?? Without corresponding sources or a written offer, they're distributed in violation of the GPL, so its automatic termination clause kicks in, and you lose any rights you'd gotten under the GPL, so you can't distribute or modify them any more. Does that sound like Free to you? :-) -- Alexandre Oliva, freedom fighter http://FSFLA.org/~lxoliva/ You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Gandhi Be Free! -- http://FSFLA.org/ FSF Latin America board member Free Software Evangelist Red Hat Brazil Compiler Engineer _______________________________________________ linux-libre mailing list [email protected] http://www.fsfla.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-libre
