It may be so that adding the license information is sufficient to comply with the requirement to agree with it. But the licenses of these firmware files are still nonfree. Why aren't they moved to restricted/multiverse?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mythbuntu Bug Team, which is subscribed to linux-firmware-nonfree in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179139 Title: Intel Wireless Restrictions: ipw2100, ipw2200 are not Free Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “linux-firmware” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux-firmware-nonfree” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: The Intel series of wireless adapters requires the usage of a binary blob firmware. In particular, consistent across all of the binary blob firmware files is the following clause: "Do not use or load this firmware (the "Software") until you have carefully read the following terms and conditions. By loading or using the Software, you agree to the terms of this Agreement. If you do not wish to so agree, do not install or use the Software." As such, the EULA is not presented to the user. According to the web page, one must accept the EULA before using the binary blob firmware. Should this not be treated as a 'restricted' driver? Nvidia's driver also requires the binary blob approach and is listed as a 'restricted driver' as it too requires an accepting of a EULA. EULA locations for the relevant firmware blobs: EULA for ipw2100: http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=4 EULA for ipw2200: http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=7 The 3945 has a binary microcode blob that has a license as well, but doesn't seem as crippling: http://bughost.org/ipw3945/LICENSE To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/179139/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
