tg3:
* Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com) * Copyright (C) 2001 Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com) * Copyright (C) 2004 Sun Microsystems Inc. * Firmware is: * Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Broadcom Corporation.
svenl, are you contacting broadcom?
acenic:
* Copyright 1998-2002 by Jes Sorensen, <jes@trained-monkey.org>. ''''' Generated by genfw.c ''''' ACENIC DRIVER P: Jes Sorensen M: jes@trained-monkey.org L: linux-acenic@sunsite.dk S: Maintained
according to freebsd's if_ti.c: * Alteon Networks Tigon PCI gigabit ethernet driver for ["FreeBSD"]. * Manuals, sample driver and firmware source kits are available * from http://www.alteon.com/support/openkits. * Written by Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu> * The firmware for the Tigon 1 and 2 ["NICs"] is compiled directly into * this driver by #including it as a C header file. This bloats the * driver somewhat, but it's the easiest method considering that the * driver code and firmware code need to be kept in sync. The source * for the firmware is not provided with the ["FreeBSD"] distribution since * compiling it requires a GNU toolchain targeted for mips-sgi-irix5.3.
wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu - bounced wpaul@["FreeBSD"].org - awaiting response (apr 5) william.paul@windriver.com - awaiting response (apr 5)
acenic firmware source is here: http://alteon.shareable.org/ Quoth the page: "Look at the source files yourself to understand any licensing restrictions on their use. Alteon's license may be summarised like this: you may share and develop the firmware, but it is only for use with Alteon NIC products."
More useful acenic info: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/12/msg00078.html acenic firmware 'license': http://web.archive.org/web/20000711071330/sanjose.alteon.com/license-agree.shtml Definitely not DFSG-free, but it appears distributable at least.. comments?
dgrs:
* Author: Rick Richardson, rick@remotepoint.com * Derived from the ["SVR4"].2 (UnixWare) driver for the same card. * Copyright 1995-1996 Digi International Inc. * For information on purchasing a RightSwitch SE-4 or SE-6 * board, please contact Digi's sales department at 1-612-912-3444 * or 1-800-DIGIBRD. Outside the U.S., please check our Web page * at http://www.dgii.com for sales offices worldwide. DIGI RIGHTSWITCH NETWORK DRIVER P: Rick Richardson L: linux-net@vger.kernel.org W: http://www.digi.com S: Orphaned
rick@remotepoint.com - bounced rickr@mn.rr.com - response received (apr 5); firmware license is proprietary. awaiting specific license redistribution rights.
smctr:
* The firmware this driver downloads into the tokenring card is a * separate program and is not GPL'd source code, even though the Linux * side driver and the routine that loads this data into the card are. * * This firmware is licensed to you strictly for use in conjunction * with the use of SMC TokenRing adapters. There is no waranty * expressed or implied about its fitness for any purpose. * - This is an 8K binary image. (MCT.BIN v6.3C1 03/01/95) * - Jay Schulist <jschlst@samba.org>
Is this licensing ok?
qla2xxx:
* Copyright (C) 2003 Christoph Hellwig. * Copyright (C) 2003-2004 ["QLogic"] Corporation * (www.qlogic.com) QLOGIC ["QLA2XXX"] FC-SCSI DRIVER P: Andrew Vasquez M: andrew.vasquez@qlogic.com L: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org S: Supported
freebsd has firmware for qla separated out and marked under BSD license; is this valid? can we just say the firmware blobs are BSD licensed? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/ispfw/
dabusb:
* Copyright (C) 1999 Deti Fliegl (deti@fliegl.de) deti@fliegl.de - awaiting response (apr 4)
emi62:
* Copyright (C) 2002 * Tapio Laxstr\uffffm (tapio.laxstrom@iptime.fi) * This file is generated from three different files, provided by Emagic.
In 2.4, emi62_fw.h contained the following (which was apparently stripped out before 2.6, for some reason?): * This firmware is for the Emagic EMI 2||6 Audio Interface * * The firmware contained herein is Copyright (c) 1999-2002 Emagic * as an unpublished work. This notice does not imply unrestricted * or public access to this firmware which is a trade secret of Emagic, * and which may not be reproduced, used, sold or transferred to * any third party without Emagic's written consent. All Rights Reserved. * * This firmware may not be modified and may only be used with the * Emagic EMI 2||6 Audio Interface. Distribution and/or Modification of * any driver which includes this firmware, in whole or in part, * requires the inclusion of this statement. wth?