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From: "Rick \\\"Zero_Chaos\\\" Farina" <zerochaos@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] linux-firmware
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:18:28
Message-Id: 512389BF.9090504@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] linux-firmware (was: Re: Packages up for grabs due lack of time) by Ulrich Mueller
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4 On 02/17/2013 05:04 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
5 >>>>>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2013, Rick \"Zero Chaos\" Farina wrote:
6 >
7 >> I would be very happy to have the licensing issues fixed, it looks
8 >> like it won't be fun, however I was originally told that redist was
9 >> a required right for things to be added to linux-firmware at all so
10 >> I fear a lot of things may be out of sync in the upstream package.
11 >
12 > IIUC, they require new additions to be redistributable, but don't
13 > remove old images if they're not. Which doesn't make sense.
14 >
15 > You should consider mirror restriction for this package.
16
17 I semi-agree with you except for one issue, we are the ones creating
18 this package. Upstream offers a git repo but no tarball. So if we stop
19 distributing it then that kinda kills the package.
20
21 Maybe a bug for which firmware are not-redistributable and I can remove
22 them from our package? I want people to have working systems but
23 following the law is a bit more important.
24
25 - -Zero
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