Re: [gNewSense-users] suspected kernel's firmware

[Henrik Sundberg]

2008/3/2, Karl Goetz <address@hidden>:
> On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 03:32 +0100, marco.chieppa-crap wrote:
>  > Hi!
>  >
>  > looking at the kernel's section /drivers/atm/ i've found
>  > this probavly non-free firmware:
>  > link
>  > 
> http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Kernel/Hardy-kernel-drivers-atm-fore200eFirmwareCopyright
>  >
>  > the othter-like files (fore200e.c - fore200e.h -
>  > fore200e_mkfirm.c) are free, but this one have (see complete
>  > at the link) had an inscrutable copyright notice:
>  >
>  > ###################
>  > These microcode data are placed under the terms of the GNU
>  > General Public License.

It states to be GPL:ed. How can it be non free?
Does it mean that the license itself is a GPL violation?
FSF says (don't they?) that having the GPL license makes it impossible
to have more restrictive terms at the same time.

Should FSF be informed?

/$

>  > We would prefer you not to distribute modified versions of
>  > it and not to ask for assembly or other microcode source.
>  >
>  > Copyright (c) 1995-2000 FORE Systems, Inc., as an
>  > unpublished work. This notice does not imply unrestricted or
>  > public access to these materials which are a trade secret of
>  > FORE Systems, Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates
>  > (together referred to as "FORE"), and which may not be
>  > reproduced, used, sold or transferred to any third party
>  > without FORE's prior written consent. All rights reserved.
>
>
> this is non-free.
>
>
>  >
>  > U.S. Government Restricted Rights. If you are licensing the
>  > Software on behalf of the U.S. Government ("Government"),
>  > the following provisions apply to you. If the software [...]
>  > (continue)
>  > #########################
>  >
>  > i see it's named also in the Debian's  sospected non-free
>  > firmware page,
>  > http://wiki.debian.org/KernelFirmwareLicensing
>  > but i've not seen anything else.
>  >
>  > this is a bug, right?
>
>
> yes it is
>  kk
>
>
>  >
>  >
>  > by,
>  > marco
>  >
>  >
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>  Karl Goetz,
>  Debian user / Ubuntu contributor / gNewSense contributor
>  http://www.kgoetz.id.au
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