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Re: Request for free-distributable Broadcom's (G|LP)-PHY firmware

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On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 04:21:29PM -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 02/18/2011 03:24 PM, RafaÅ MiÅecki wrote:
> >Few months later, is there any progress? Can we expect:
> >
> >1) Easier licensing of currently provided firmware (see Fedore case)
> >2) Firmware for LP-PHY devices
> >?
> 
> I think we can forget this whole business. It seems that Broadcom is
> content with their business model, even though knowledgeable Linux
> users are avoiding their products like the plague.

Broadcom will not release old firmware with redistributable license,
because of legal concerns, which are ridiculous for everyone except
them.

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2010-September/142893.html 

That sucks.

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