I just dowloaded linux-firmware from kernel.org.  The license clearly states:
Copyright (c) 2006-2012, Intel Corporation.
All rights reserved.

Redistribution.  Redistribution and use in binary form, without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
met:
...

This firmware really should be moved to linux-firmware-nonfree which is part of 
multiverse.
If it is significant enough that it should be available in restricted then a 
linux-firmware-restricted package in restricted should be considered.  But many 
of us rely on only Free Software/OSI Certified Licensed/DSFG free software in 
main.

Indeed a bug may have been fixed in the sense that the the obligations
of license are now met.  But this bug is about having this software in
the correct package.

Are there any objections in reopening this issue for both linux-firmware
and linux-firmware-nonfree?

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