Bug#396648: ITP: rt73 -- Linux device driver for Ralink RT73 a/b/g WLAN Card
On Nov 02, Josh Triplett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One other question: do all variants of this device require firmware from the driver, or only some of them? (Just asking because several other ralink cards, such as rt2500, do not seem to require the driver to supply firmware.) If some variants of the device will work without supplied firmware, then the driver can go to main, regardless of where or if the firmware gets distributed. The driver can go in main anyway, since it's the hardware device which uses the firmware and not the driver. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#396648: ITP: rt73 -- Linux device driver for Ralink RT73 a/b/g WLAN Card
Dnia piątek, 3 listopada 2006 13:27, md napisał: On Nov 02, Josh Triplett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One other question: do all variants of this device require firmware from the driver, or only some of them? (Just asking because several other ralink cards, such as rt2500, do not seem to require the driver to supply firmware.) If some variants of the device will work without supplied firmware, then the driver can go to main, regardless of where or if the firmware gets distributed. The driver can go in main anyway, since it's the hardware device which uses the firmware and not the driver. The packages from main should work without things from non-free, I think... The rt73 driver without firmware is useless. I'm trying to get an information if firmware is distributable. The status of firmware is unknown, yet. -- .''`.Piotr Roszatycki : :' :mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] `. `' `-
Bug#396648: ITP: rt73 -- Linux device driver for Ralink RT73 a/b/g WLAN Card
On Nov 03, Piotr Roszatycki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The packages from main should work without things from non-free, I think... The rule is that they must not depend on packages not in main. Work without other things is not the criteria we use, and e.g. ICQ clients fail it. The rt73 driver without firmware is useless. No, the functionality of the driver does not change. It's your hardware which is useless until a firmware is loaded on it. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#396648: ITP: rt73 -- Linux device driver for Ralink RT73 a/b/g WLAN Card
On Thursday 02 November 2006 08:55, Piotr Roszatycki wrote: Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Piotr Roszatycki [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: rt73 Upstream author : Paul Lin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Version : 1.0.3.6 * URL : http://www.ralinktech.com/drivers/Linux/RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.0.3.6.tar.gz * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : Linux device driver for Ralink RT73 a/b/g WLAN Card I am the owner of USB-stick Wi-Fi network interface (Edimax EW-7318Ug). The only working driver is Ralink RT73 original driver. I'd like to see this driver in Debian distribution. I want to provide rt73-source package which is compatible with module-assistant. The resulting package (rt73-module-$VERSION) contains rt73.ko driver. The driver loads firmware from separate file and has included the blob with the default firmware if separate file is not available. I think the driver can go to contrib with removed the blob from its sources and with the firmware rt73.bin file can go to non-free as rt73-firmware package. The rt73.bin file is marked as GPL. There is no real source code included but this license implies that it is redistributable file at least as non-free. I notice you quote upstream origin is ralinktech.com, but what about the rt73 drivers from rt2x00 project[1], that are maintained and bugfixed by a bunch of cool hackers, and are the origin of the existing rt2400, rt2500, rt2570 and rt2x00 source packages already in debian? Thanks, Kel. [1] http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#396648: ITP: rt73 -- Linux device driver for Ralink RT73 a/b/g WLAN Card
Dnia czwartek, 2 listopada 2006 08:50, Kel Modderman napisał: I want to provide rt73-source package which is compatible with module-assistant. The resulting package (rt73-module-$VERSION) contains rt73.ko driver. The driver loads firmware from separate file and has included the blob with the default firmware if separate file is not available. I think the driver can go to contrib with removed the blob from its sources and with the firmware rt73.bin file can go to non-free as rt73-firmware package. The rt73.bin file is marked as GPL. There is no real source code included but this license implies that it is redistributable file at least as non-free. I notice you quote upstream origin is ralinktech.com, but what about the rt73 drivers from rt2x00 project[1], that are maintained and bugfixed by a bunch of cool hackers, and are the origin of the existing rt2400, rt2500, rt2570 and rt2x00 source packages already in debian? Thanks, Kel. [1] http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/ Those driver from rt2x00 project simply *does* *not* work, at least for Ad-Hoc mode with WEP key enabled. -- .''`.Piotr Roszatycki : :' :mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] `. `' `-
Bug#396648: ITP: rt73 -- Linux device driver for Ralink RT73 a/b/g WLAN Card
Piotr Roszatycki wrote: The driver loads firmware from separate file and has included the blob with the default firmware if separate file is not available. I think the driver can go to contrib with removed the blob from its sources Yes. and with the firmware rt73.bin file can go to non-free as rt73-firmware package. The rt73.bin file is marked as GPL. There is no real source code included but this license implies that it is redistributable file at least as non-free. No. Distribution of a GPLed binary requires provision of the preferred form for modification; if Debian does not have that, Debian cannot distribute the firmware at all. Also, does the binary have an explicit GPL license attached (some file specifically says that the firmware falls under the GPL, and/or the version in the driver source has a GPL header above the firmware binary), or does it just reside in the driver next to all the GPLed source and a copy of the GPL? If the latter, it may not actually fall under the GPL, and you should request a specific license for it. (Whether or not upstream intended it as GPLed does not affect distributability, but it does affect how you approach upstream; in one case you just need to ask about a license for the firmware, and in the other case you need to explain the issues about GPLing a binary. Also, as usual, throwing in a request for the source as a lark couldn't hurt; worst case, they say no, no harm done.) One other question: do all variants of this device require firmware from the driver, or only some of them? (Just asking because several other ralink cards, such as rt2500, do not seem to require the driver to supply firmware.) If some variants of the device will work without supplied firmware, then the driver can go to main, regardless of where or if the firmware gets distributed. - Josh Triplett signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#396648: ITP: rt73 -- Linux device driver for Ralink RT73 a/b/g WLAN Card
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Piotr Roszatycki [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Package name: rt73 Upstream author : Paul Lin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Version : 1.0.3.6 * URL : http://www.ralinktech.com/drivers/Linux/RT73_Linux_STA_Drv1.0.3.6.tar.gz * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : Linux device driver for Ralink RT73 a/b/g WLAN Card I am the owner of USB-stick Wi-Fi network interface (Edimax EW-7318Ug). The only working driver is Ralink RT73 original driver. I'd like to see this driver in Debian distribution. I want to provide rt73-source package which is compatible with module-assistant. The resulting package (rt73-module-$VERSION) contains rt73.ko driver. The driver loads firmware from separate file and has included the blob with the default firmware if separate file is not available. I think the driver can go to contrib with removed the blob from its sources and with the firmware rt73.bin file can go to non-free as rt73-firmware package. The rt73.bin file is marked as GPL. There is no real source code included but this license implies that it is redistributable file at least as non-free. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
