Fwd: [Bug 300794] Installation of WiFi Cards w firmware fails

Fwd: [Bug 300794] Installation of WiFi Cards w firmware fails

[Dr. Axel Braun]

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Gents,

for some reason there are uncertainties about the license of the p54 firmware 
for the prism chips, which stop the openSUSE project for the moment to ship 
the firmware.

Can you clarify the license question?

Thanks
Axel
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From: bugzilla_noreply@novell.com
To: axel.braun@gmx.de
Subject: [Bug 300794] Installation of WiFi Cards w firmware fails
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:58:25 -0600
Message-ID: <20091022175826.0057DCC7CD@soval.provo.novell.com>

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=300794

User vbotka@novell.com added comment
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=300794#c25


Vladimir Botka <vbotka@novell.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|ASSIGNED                    |CLOSED
            Version|Milestone 3                 |RC 1
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX




--- Comment #25 from Vladimir Botka <vbotka@novell.com>  2009-10-22 11:58:17 MDT ---
I am going to close this issue as WONTFIX.

The license of the firmware [1] [2] is not very clear. If I ask for fate it
will land by me for evaluation anyway. If you can point me to the clear license
reopen.

[1] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/p54#p54
[2] http://daemonizer.de/prism54/prism54-fw/

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Re: Fwd: [Bug 300794] Installation of WiFi Cards w firmware fails

[John W. Linville]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:46:30PM +0200, Dr. Axel Braun wrote:
> Gents,
> 
> for some reason there are uncertainties about the license of the p54 firmware 
> for the prism chips, which stop the openSUSE project for the moment to ship 
> the firmware.
> 
> Can you clarify the license question?
> 
> Thanks
> Axel

Whom are you asking?

I wish we had a clear statement from the appropriate copyright holder,
but I'm not even sure whom to ask at this point...

John
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