Bug#390994: linux-2.6: e100 microcode: distributable with BSD license, but license not in Linux source

2006-10-04 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Package: linux-2.6 Severity: serious Justification: copyright OK. So the e100 microcode situation isn't as bad as we expected -- thanks entirely to OpenBSD. I'm opening this bug to track this issue because I expect it will be resolved relatively quickly, and because the 'big bug' is getting

Bug#390994: linux-2.6: e100 microcode: distributable with BSD license, but license not in Linux source

2006-10-04 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 04:08:02AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: Package: linux-2.6 Severity: serious Justification: copyright OK. So the e100 microcode situation isn't as bad as we expected -- thanks entirely to OpenBSD. Can you check that those binary blobs are indeed bit-to-bit

Bug#390994: linux-2.6: e100 microcode: distributable with BSD license, but license not in Linux source

2006-10-04 Thread Steve Langasek
severity 390994 normal thanks On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 04:08:02AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: Package: linux-2.6 Severity: serious Justification: copyright As BSD is a GPL-compatible license, it is valid to distribute this work only under the terms of the GPL; furthermore, I don't see any

Bug#390994: linux-2.6: e100 microcode: distributable with BSD license, but license not in Linux source

2006-10-04 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 08:07:43PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: severity 390994 normal thanks On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 04:08:02AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: Package: linux-2.6 Severity: serious Justification: copyright As BSD is a GPL-compatible license, it is valid to distribute