Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 11:39:02 +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 11:36:58AM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>> One of the options is to even ship the firmware in the kernel tarbal but
>> from a separate directory with a clear license clarification text in it.
> 
> I think that's what we should do.  I currently don't have any firmware
> requiring devices, but I'd volunteer to keep such a tarball for now if
> no one else wants to do tiny amount of work.


FYI, I just created this, it might be useful for all this:
http://wiki.debian.net/?KernelFirmwareLicensing

I'm still adding driver information..

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