I tried this fix and it didn't fix my wireless problems with the 4965
driver.  *sighs*

Brett Ussher

Philipp Ehses wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> sorry, I wasn't aware of the licensing issue.
>
> The firmware comes from openSuSE 11.1. I did a quick search and found
> out that they are included in the following (rpm) packages:
>
> iwl3945-ucode
> iwl4965-ucode
> iwl5000-ucode
>
> zypper info returns this (shortened)::
>
> Name: iwl3945-ucode
> Version: 15.28.1.8-1.7
>
> Name: iwl4965-ucode
> Version: 228.57.2.23-1.1.1
>
> Name: iwl5000-ucode
> Version: 5.4.A.11-2.9
>
>
> I had a quick look in the README and LICENSE files which come with the 
> firmware, and it seems that redistribution is allowed as long as the binaries 
> are unchanged and the license files are attached (which I can easily provide, 
> or we can just get the rpm packages which include them as well). Here's an 
> excerpt:
>
> Redistribution.  Redistribution and use in binary form, without
> modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
> met:
>
> * Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice and the
>   following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
>   provided with the distribution.
> * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its suppliers
>   may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
>   without specific prior written permission.
> * No reverse engineering, decompilation, or disassembly of this software
>   is permitted.
>
>   

-- 
Brett D. Ussher

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