This is definitely no free software (it's even mirror restricted), so it shouldn't be labelled as such. LICENSE="as-is" is not correct.
the downloadable firmware comes with diffrent license models #### For all the Conexant firmwares, it applies the following license: Conexant grants permission to use and redistribute these firmware files for use with Conexant devices, but not as a part of the Linux kernel or in any other form which would require these files themselves to be covered by the terms of the GNU General Public License. These firmware files are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. #### Copyright (c) 2009, Xceive Corporation <info@xceive.com> Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software, only for use with Xceive ICs, for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all source code copies. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. #### Copyright (c) 2009, DiBcom Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. #### The files are named dvb-ttpci-VV.fw-vvvv VV : Version of firmware-to-host API. You can simply upgrade the firmware binary with a newer one of the same API version without changing anything else in the driver. vvvv: Firmware version. Increased with each functional change. It is recommended that you use the newest firmware binary compatible with your driver. If you use the hotplug firmware loader in Linux 2.6 you must put the firmware file in /lib/firmware/dvb-ttpci-01.fw (in previous versions of the Linux hotplug scripts it was /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/dvb-ttpci-01.fw). Boot.S is the source for the boot loader which is included as a binary blob in the bootcode array in av7110_hw.c in the Linux driver source. For more information check the driver tarball at http://www.metzlerbros.org/dvb/. #### TERRATEC grants permission to use and redistribute these firmware files for use with TERRATEC devices, but not as part of the Linux kernel or in any other form which would require these files themselves to be covered by the terms of the GNU General Public License. These firmware files are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Iam not shure, can we cover alle different licenses with LICENSE="all-rights-reserved" btw. if this bug is fixed/closed the package should be moved to CATEGORY sys-firmware...
Does the above (Conexant, Xceive, DiBcom, Metzler, and Terratec) cover all of the files? Then we could just add it as new license file. The DiBcom part is the ISC license, by the way.
Sorry I am no longer interested in this package. It was only saved from removal because I kept it in shape somehow for some time. After I got tired I tried to remove it from portage myself but was not allowed to anymore. So others have to keep the pieces now. I vote for removing this package and give the users instructions on how to acquire the relevant files themselves.
(In reply to Joerg Bornkessel from comment #1) > btw. if this bug is fixed/closed > the package should be moved to CATEGORY sys-firmware... How shall we proceed here? It seems to me that the package in its current form isn't really useful, because several of the SRC_URIs have fetch failures. Not sure how users are supposed to install it. Maybe it would be better to split it into separate packages, one for each upstream? (These could be in the sys-firmware category then.) (In reply to Daniel Pielmeier from comment #3) > I vote for removing this package and give the users instructions on how to > acquire the relevant files themselves. Or we simply follow this suggestion.
For the time being, I've changed LICENSE to "freedist ISC all-rights-reserved". Please note that this is a rough approximation only. In case this package should be split into several packages, or reorganised in any other way, the license issue should be reiterated.
