jeff <moe(a)blagblagblag.org> wrote:
Les Mikesell wrote:
> jeff wrote:
> That would be a reasonable change. How is it done in drivers where
> the firmware has always been known to be non-GPL but
> redistributable? tg3 might be a special case due to its copyright
> change.
The firmware hasn't always been known to be non-GPL. It was
distributed for years under the GPL, so it *is* GPL, but they are
violating the GPL by not shipping the source code.
So go sue them for not giving you the source.
Most probably they will just tell you that it was *never* placed under GPL,
that this "GPL distribution" was just a mistake (now fixed).
Have you even looked at tg3.c or it's history?
Yes, no.
--
Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616
counter.li.org
Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431
Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239
Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile 2340000 Fax: +56 32 2797513