On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 09:21 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 12:11 +1100, Rodd Clarkson wrote:
> > You need the firmware
> > package to operate the cards though, which Fedora will not be able to
distribute
> > because the firmware requires a non FOSS license.
>
> Dan,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> Just to clarify, as this was raised on the devel list, but seemed to die
> a quick death, what's the difference between a firmware image and a
> picture image.
even if you consider it a blob the license on that blob is such that it
can't be distributed.
AFAIK, the only limitation on distributing this is that a copy of the
license must be included with the firmware. This shouldn't stop Fedora
distributing the firmware.
Rodd