Wireless in FC4

Rodd Clarkson rodd at clarkson.id.au
Mon Mar 7 01:11:47 UTC 2005


> 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.

For example, why can Fedora include images that can't be modified under
a FOSS license (for example Fedora Artwork) but can't include firmware
images which are in essence images that can't be modified, but more
hardware than software.


Rodd

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