On 11/2/06, Rage Callao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Here's the firmware page for ipw2200:
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=7
Is that GPL?
Well the firmware's obviously _not_ GPL; what I saw earlier was the
GPL'ed modules (which, incidentally, is available only as source in
Debian's contrib section, `ipw2200-source'; it can't get into Debian
main due to its dependency on the non-free firmware.) Hence, there's
no license issue at all if only the drivers are at our concern;
combine the firmware, and its a fuzzy mix.
I suppose Ubuntu has secured permissions from Intel allowing them to
redistribute firmware as part of the distribution (the first part of
the linked agreement above applies.)
Cheers,
Zakame
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