Ralink binary firmwares

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Wed Jun 13 00:28:19 UTC 2007


Jonathan Underwood <jonathan.underwood <at> gmail.com> writes:
> What is the reasoning behind not bundling the binary firmware for
> Ralink wireless devices with Fedora 7. AFAIK (and I could be wrong),
> these are redistributable firmwares, and are not considered "non-free"
> as they are uploaded to the device itself.

The problem is that they don't come with any license attached, so there's no 
proof that they really are redistributable.

        Kevin Kofler




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