-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/21/07 00:59, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 18:51 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 06:06:45PM -0500, Edward Allcutt wrote: >>> On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 07:26 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: >>>> 2. You may not copy, modify, rent, sell, distribute or transfer >>>> any part of the Firmware except as provided in this Agreement, and >>>> you agree to prevent unauthorized copying of the Firmware. >>> I'm not sure how the Debian project can prevent unauthorized copying... >>> >> I thought that as well, but it appears that they clause is part of the >> end user license agreement. Since Debian is not an end user, rather an >> ISV in their terms, that clause does not specifically apply to Debian. > > How about individual mirror operators? They should not be prevented > from using this software because they also distribute it. > > (Why do companies care about "unauthorised" copying of firmware that's > essential to and only useful for their hardware? I've never understood > this. Perhaps it's something the lawyers put in by default.)
Unauthorized copying seems to mean "copy it so you can disassemble and reverse engineer the driver". -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF2/baS9HxQb37XmcRAlxuAKC4TdPwcO+2CCBxS8+rMmaA1TpoCQCglwyj FW2nBiCquBOtyu8HlFbb274= =Z1cP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]