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.
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