Linux first to offer USB 3.0 driver (Linux Devices) [LWN.net]

Linux first to offer USB 3.0 driver (Linux Devices)

Posted Jun 13, 2009 10:00 UTC (Sat) by cortana (subscriber, #24596)
In reply to: Linux first to offer USB 3.0 driver (Linux Devices) by strcmp
Parent article: Linux first to offer USB 3.0 driver (Linux Devices)

According to http://wiki.debian.org/KernelFirmwareLicensing#keyspan.28... the license is fine for non-free.

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Is it?

Posted Jun 14, 2009 8:17 UTC (Sun) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

Permission is hereby granted for the distribution of this firmware image as part of a Linux or other Open Source operating system kernel in text or binary form as required.

I fail to see how it can be compatible with non-free distribution. It's not distributed as "part of Linux or other Open Source operating system kernel", it's distributed separately (the whole point of excercise is to strip non-free blobs from kernel and push them in separate packages) and so the text as written does not apply. The question if separate distribution for Linux not "as part" of a Linux is open as far as I can see.