Hello Chris, or anyone else affected, Accepted linux-firmware-nonfree into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux- firmware-nonfree/1.11ubuntu4 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! -- 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/1326776 Title: linux-firmware-nonfree: Copyright infringement of Broadcom b43 firmware Status in “linux-firmware-nonfree” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in “linux-firmware-nonfree” source package in Lucid: Invalid Status in “linux-firmware-nonfree” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in “linux-firmware-nonfree” source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Status in “linux-firmware-nonfree” source package in Utopic: Fix Committed Bug description: It is historically well known that Broadcom does not allow redistribution of the b43 firmware. This is confirmed by: - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Firmware ("Broadcom refuses to re-license them under redistributable license. ") - http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 ("the firmware from the binary drivers is copyrighted by Broadcom Corporation and cannot be redistributed. ") - Colin Watson in bug #29566 ("We've already talked to Broadcom; no luck. The wl driver and various reverse-engineering efforts are the only way we're going to get redistributable firmware here.") But it appears from this changelog - https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+source/linux-firmware- nonfree/+changelog - that Tim Gardner added the b43 firmware files to linux-firmware-nonfree back in September 2011, and the files are still there in trusty. So does Canonical actually have a license to redistribute the b43 firmware? The current situation really appears as if Broadcom said "no", and then Canonical went ahead and packaged it anyway. If this is incorrect, and Canonical is allowed to redistribute, then the license needs to be made clear in order to avoid accusations of copyright infringement. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-firmware-nonfree 1.14ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-27.50-generic 3.13.11 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Jun 5 13:35:32 2014 Dependencies: InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-06 (30 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: linux-firmware-nonfree UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware-nonfree/+bug/1326776/+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
