345869 – linux-firmware is not GPL

Bug 345869 - linux-firmware is not GPL

Summary: linux-firmware is not GPL

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 318841

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2010-11-17 11:46 UTC by dE
Modified:	2010-11-17 11:50 UTC (History)
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Description dE 2010-11-17 11:46:11 UTC

This package in Debian - 

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/all/firmware-linux-nonfree

Has the files that has been downloaded in the linux-firmware ebuild but as stated by the Debian community, is non free... you might like to have a look.


I think it will be a good idea to remove all the firmware blobs from portage that can be made from the kernel sources since we expect Gentoo users to compile their own kernel. What should be placed in Portage is firmware which's not included in the kernel sources.

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Comment 1 dE 2010-11-17 11:50:14 UTC

OOp... duplicate

Sorry!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 318841 ***