We did some discussion at the board meeting last week about firmware images, such as that used for ipw2200. The decision was made that we're OK with shipping these firmware images based on the guidelines currently in the packaging guidelines: * The files are non-executable (note: this means that the files cannot run on their own, not that they are just chmod -x) * The files are not libraries. * The files are standalone, not embedded in executable or library code. * Explicit permission is given by the owner to freely redistribute without restrictions (this permission must be included, in "writing", with the files in the packaging) * The files must be necessary for the functionality of open source code being included in Fedora. However, these packages will not be (in many cases) fully open source - while they're distributable, the licenses do not permit modification, reverse engineering, etc. So we want to make sure that these packages are easily queryable/findable. Proposal: 1) Firmware packages are given the Group: tag of System Environment/Kernel (unless we want to make up a new 'Firmware' tag) 2) The License tag for any firmware that disallows modification should be set to: "Redistributable firmware, no modification permitted" Comments? Note that there is other firmware (zd* USB devices, etc) that is under GPL and wouldn't need this license tag. Bill -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
