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[Bug 1101636] Re: LICENSE.aic94xx-seq in linux-firmware - is this firmware distributable?

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From: KennoVO <ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:52:36 -0000
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I had the same confusion as you. The only way I could make sense out of it all is that Canonical did not obtain the same (non-transferable) "distributor" license as Fedora core (and perhaps Debian), and instead must abide by the end-user license license:
http://www.adaptec.com/adapteccom/templates/driverdetail.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRORIGINALURL=%2fen-us%2fspeed%2fscsi%2flinux%2faic94xx-seq-30-1_tar_gz.htm&NRCACHEHINT=Guest
which would indeed forbid distribution.

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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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