[arch-dev-public] Fwd: Re: [Ilw] intellinuxwireless.org / Archlinux packages and links

[Thomas Bächler]

This is the message returned from ilw:

On Mon, 2007-07-23 at 22:44 +0200, Thomas Bächler wrote:
> > Good morning,
> >
> > I noticed on http://intellinuxwireless.org/index.php?n=Downloads that
> > you have Archlinux and our packages listed. I just wanted to update you
> > on our status:
> >
> > 1) You have links to our ftp directory, which doesn't really make sense,
> > as no Archlinux user downloads the packages there - they are
> > automatically downloaded by our package manager pacman once an
> > installation is requested, and they are available in the addons/
> > directory when downloading the installation iso. So you should rather
> > provide links to our homepage.

OK.

> > 2) There are now iwlwifi packages in our repos. This is a list with
> > updated links:
> >
> > ipw2100:
> > driver: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/4197/ (our kernel package)
> > firmware: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/10815/
> >
> > ipw2200:
> > driver: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/4197/ (our kernel package)
> > firmware: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/10816/
> >
> > ipw3945:
> > driver: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/10884/
> > ucode: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/10886/
> > daemon: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/10887/
> >
> > mac80211: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/4197/ (our kernel package)
> >
> > iwlwifi:
> > driver: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/13157/
> > ucode (3945): http://www.archlinux.org/packages/13158/
> > ucode (4965): http://www.archlinux.org/packages/13159/

Page updated with above links.
http://intellinuxwireless.org/index.php?p=iwlwifi&n=Downloads

> > 3) We would like to distribute your firmware/daemon packages (the ones
> > above) on our installation CDs (or maybe DVDs) in the future. Are there
> > any licensing issues we need to consider?

The firmware and daemon use different licenses than the GPLed driver.
You can view the detailed license file in the firmware and daemon
packages. Basically, You may redistribute the packages without any
modifications and make sure users accept the license before using it.

Thanks,
-yi

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