On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 12:09 -0500, Eric Warnke wrote: > After reviewing the archives of the various lists I have found no > discussion on the topic of wireless driver inclusion in FC. > > I have checked with LICENSE and FAQ for the intel driver and firmware > and was wondering if it could be included in core. Without those driver > it makes most centrino based laptops useless without special handling. The actual _driver_ has been included in Core kernels for some time already. > Specifically since I know people will ask, the problem must lie in the > firmware since the driver is GPL. The firmware is under a commercial > licence that allows redistribution as long as a small number of > conditions are met. Distributed by rpm and installed the only condition > that needs to be met is that the LICENCE file needs to be installed with > the firmware. > > http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=1 > > "*Your rights to redistribute the Software shall be contingent upon your > installation of this Agreement in its entirety in the same directory as > the Software.*" This is a non-starter. If the package is not under a FOSS license, which this is not, then it cannot be included in Core. The Intel firmware is not under such a license. Dan
