Re: Wireless in FC4

[Rodd Clarkson <rodd clarkson id au>]

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