intel ipw2100/ipw2200 firmware must be removed

[Eric Smith]

Kevin Fenzi wrote:

> See:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:LicensingGuidelines#Binary_Firmware

Ralf Ertzinger wrote:
> Question about that: The first requirement is that the file is 
> non-executable. Does that mean that Fedora cannot ship firmware for 
> hardware that has a CPU compatible with the host CPU? 


If it does mean that, it will be a problem for the ARM architecture, as 
many hardware devices using downloaded firmware use ARM cores.

The specific statement is:

     "The files are non-executable (note: this means that the files 
cannot run on their own, not that they are just chmod -x)"

I'm not sure what it means for files to "run on their own".  I don't 
think I have a single file on any of my computers that can run on its 
own.  As far as I can see, even the Linux kernel cannot run on its own.

Perhaps it means that the file can't be in a supported executable format 
such as ELF?  Downloaded firmware often is in raw binary format, but 
it's certainly conceivable that some might be in ELF format.