It appears my assessment was too hasty. This firmware file is not part of the upstream linux-firmware git repository. The Adaptec license does indeed restrict redistribution. I can't do anything about older releases since those ISOs have already been created, but I'll remove both firmware and license from Trusty until the license issues are clarified.
** Also affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Medium Status: Won't Fix ** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: Won't Fix => In Progress ** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu Trusty) Assignee: (unassigned) => Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1101636 Title: LICENSE.aic94xx-seq in linux-firmware - is this firmware distributable? Status in “linux-firmware” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “linux-firmware” source package in Trusty: In Progress Bug description: For this specific license it appears that this License is rather restrictive. In clause two it appears that this package cannot be distributed. I think this is a bug right? :) The Fedora Core 18 counterpart looks like: http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/aic94xx- firmware.git/tree/LICENSE.aic94xx?h=f18 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1101636/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp