Ralink binary firmwares
Hans de Goede
j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl
Wed Jun 13 06:12:32 UTC 2007
Dave Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 12:28:27AM +0100, Jonathan Underwood wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > What is the reasoning behind not bundling the binary firmware for
> > Ralink wireless devices with Fedora 7. AFAIK (and I could be wrong),
> > these are redistributable firmwares, and are not considered "non-free"
> > as they are uploaded to the device itself.
>
> Do you have a pointer to a license for those firmwares suggesting
> they're redistributable ? Because there's nothing on the download
> page, or in the zip file that I can see.
>
Has anybody actually asked ralink under which conditions they can be distributed?
I think it would be a good idea to create a standard letter for this and then
mail (maybe even snail mail) it to ralink and to others listed on this page:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/FirmWare
Regards,
Hans
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