Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (249 mails)

[Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/10/2010 01:56 PM, Rastislav Krupanský wrote:
> Dňa 10.2.2010 19:14, Greg KH wrote / napísal(a):
> > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 07:04:09PM +0100, Andrea Florio wrote:
> >   
> > > Il 10/02/2010 18:42, Robert Kaiser ha scritto:
> > >     
> > > > Michael Loeffler wrote:
> > > >       
> > > > > - Simplified access to useful but proprietary software
> > > > >     - drivers (NVidia etc.)
> > > > >          
> > > >        
> > > like broadcom-wl drivers that i actually maintain on packman... (other
> > > distro like ubuntu already provides them.. i can't understand why we
> > > cannot.
> > >      
> > Because distributing closed source kernel drivers is something that
> > Novell has stated it will not do.
> >
> > Not to mention the legal aspects of the whole thing...
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
> >    
> But something is preparing, afaik;-)
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554823

Yes, but b43-fwcutter is open source, it supports an open-source driver, and it
gets the copyrighted material from public Web sources. I see no legal or
open-source ramifications with having the firmware installation script being run
during installation if a Broadcom device is detected. Of course, I am not a 
lawyer.

Larry

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