Re: Release team position on the state of kernel firmware, post GR2006-007

2006-10-24 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Steve Langasek wrote: With the conclusion of GR 2006-007[1], we now have a clear statement from the Debian developers that it is acceptable to release etch with firmware that does not meet our usual requirements for inclusion in main, subject to three principal conditions: 1. the freedom of the

Re: Release team position on the state of kernel firmware, post GR2006-007

2006-10-22 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 09:04:40PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Firmware is: * Derived from proprietary unpublished source code, * Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Broadcom Corporation. * * Permission is hereby granted for the distribution of

Release team position on the state of kernel firmware, post GR2006-007

2006-10-20 Thread Steve Langasek
With the conclusion of GR 2006-007[1], we now have a clear statement from the Debian developers that it is acceptable to release etch with firmware that does not meet our usual requirements for inclusion in main, subject to three principal conditions: 1. the freedom of the kernel for etch will

Re: Release team position on the state of kernel firmware, post GR2006-007

2006-10-20 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As mentioned above, it was discovered late in the process that three firmware images included in the upstream kernel that are relevant to the installer are not distributed under clearly DFSG-compliant licenses: tg3, typhoon, and acenic. Of these, only

Re: Release team position on the state of kernel firmware, post GR2006-007

2006-10-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 04:35:07PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: With the conclusion of GR 2006-007[1], we now have a clear statement from the Debian developers that it is acceptable to release etch with firmware that does not meet our usual requirements for inclusion in main, subject to three

Re: Release team position on the state of kernel firmware, post GR2006-007

2006-10-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 08:46:29PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As mentioned above, it was discovered late in the process that three firmware images included in the upstream kernel that are relevant to the installer are not distributed