Re: Firmware packages for Intel & redistribution

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 06:58:27PM -0300, jeff wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 10:28:19AM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
> >>On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Troy Engel wrote:
> >>>>I don't know about ipw3495, but with ipw2200 you can't get the firmware 
> >>>>in an RPM package, you have to agree to the license and download it 
> >>>>from 
> >>>Incorrect. ATrpms offers a ready-to-use ipw2200 firmware RPM, I use it 
> >>>myself on my Thinkpad at home.
> >>Did you agree to the license conditions at 
> >>[http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=7]? If not, then ATrpms 
> >>is violating the firmware license.
> >
> >I was pointed to ATrpms potentially violating the law :)
> 
> Isn't Intel violating SF's terms of service with the license on that page?

No, I don't think so, but the usual IANAL stuff applies. The (closed)
firmware isn't placed on the sf.net resources only linked to it.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net

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