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

Ian Campbell
2005-04-05T08:23:13Z

On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 23:19 +0200, Sven Luther wrote:

> I am only saying that the tg3.c and other file are under the GPL, and
> that the firmware included in it is *NOT* intented to be under the
> GPL, so why not say it explicitly ?

I don't think anyone here has disagreed. What almost everyone has said
however is "so go and do it" -- go do the research, contact the
copyright holders directly and get the permission to make patches, then
post them here.

There is really no point in discussing it here, just get on and do it.

Ian.

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