SaidinUnleashed
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Posted: Nov. 12 2004,18:47 |
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Q) DSL has the ipw2100 driver, but when I try to load it, it says "Firmware not found" or something to that effect. Why doesn't DSL include the firmware for ipw2100?
A) Easy! Intel says we can't. The driver itself is liscensed under the GPL, so we can use it in DSL, but the firmware is not. Under Intel's liscense, anyone can download and use the firmware for free, as long as they download it ONLY from their project site. So we would be in violation of that liscense if the firmware was included in DSL.
In fact, when Knoppix included the firmware in beta releases of 3.4, Intel threatened to sue them if the firmware was not removed, so the Knoppix team took it out. And we don't wanna get sued, so we don't include it in DSL.
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