Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Damyan Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name : rt2860-source Version : 1.7.0.0 Upstream Author : Ralink Tech Inc * URL : http://www.ralinktech.com/ * License : GPL-2+ some binary non-free firmware Programming Lang: C Description : source for RT2860 wireless adapter kernel module RT2860 is a wireless adapter found particularly in the ASUS EeePC model 901 and above. The package contains the source of a Linux kernel module for it. There may be some licensing problems and this is why I CC debian-legal. All the sources are licensed under GPL-2+, except one file, include/firmware.h, which is generated from a binary blob and contains the following notice: /* Copyright (c) 2007, Ralink Technology Corporation All rights reserved. Redistribution. Redistribution and use in binary form, without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * Neither the name of Ralink Technology Corporation nor the names of its suppliers may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. * No reverse engineering, decompilation, or disassembly of this software is permitted. Limited patent license. Ralink Technology Corporation grants a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license under patents it now or hereafter owns or controls to make, have made, use, import, offer to sell and sell ("Utilize") this software, but solely to the extent that any such patent is necessary to Utilize the software alone, or in combination with an operating system licensed under an approved Open Source license as listed by the Open Source Initiative at http://opensource.org/licenses. The patent license shall not apply to any other combinations which include this software. No hardware per se is licensed hereunder. DISCLAIMER. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */ /* AUTO GEN PLEASE DO NOT MODIFY IT */ /* AUTO GEN PLEASE DO NOT MODIFY IT */ UCHAR FirmwareImage [] = { 0x02, 0x03, 0x5e, 0x02, 0x02, 0xb1, 0x22, 0x22, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x02, 0x01, 0x82, 0xff, 0xff, ......... I did not yet check if this code is actually linked in the GPL-2+ module, but have a bad feeling it it does. Would a compiled GPL source, including firmware.h be even distributable? Perhaps the module can be changed to load its firmware from external file or even not need that nasty firmware.h (there are traces of support to other hardware and that firmware may be for them). -- dam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]