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This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 1.79.15

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linux-firmware (1.79.15) precise; urgency=medium

  * Remove aic94xx-seq.fw and license. It has been pointed out
    that this firmware is likely not redistributable.
    -LP: #1101636
 -- Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>   Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:42:08 -0600

** Changed in: linux-firmware (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  LICENSE.aic94xx-seq in linux-firmware - is this firmware
  distributable?

Status in “linux-firmware” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux-firmware” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux-firmware” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  For this specific license it appears that this License is rather
  restrictive.  In clause two it appears that this package cannot be
  distributed.

  I think this is a bug right? :)

  The Fedora Core 18 counterpart looks like:

  http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/aic94xx-
  firmware.git/tree/LICENSE.aic94xx?h=f18

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