[Debian-eeepc-devel] [SCM] rt2860 source for the ralink wireless chip in the eeepc 901. branch, master, updated. 62acf9d75c7ca276a262492f3f786d69d68f4822

[Damyan Ivanov]

The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 40e5ddda413214cb97335a762ba24cea4e925021
Author: Damyan Ivanov <dmn at debian.org>
Date:   Sat Aug 30 22:30:43 2008 +0300

    write real debian/copyright
    
    note the nasty binary blob license, explain why it is non-free
    add myself to packaging copyright holders

diff --git a/rt2860-1.7.0.0/debian/copyright b/rt2860-1.7.0.0/debian/copyright
index e4548c4..38ec427 100644
--- a/rt2860-1.7.0.0/debian/copyright
+++ b/rt2860-1.7.0.0/debian/copyright
@@ -3,30 +3,82 @@ Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:43:38 +0800.
 
 It was downloaded from http://www.ralinktech.com
 
-Upstream Author(s): Ralink Tech Inc.
-    
+Non-free content
+----------------
+This package is not part of Debian GNU/Linux because it contains two files --
+include/firmware.h and common/rt2860.bin -- licensed under a license that
+prohibits its modification.
+
+Upstream Author: Ralink Technology Inc.
+
 Copyright: Copyright (c) 2002-2007 Ralink Technology Inc.
-    
+
 License:
+    include/firmware.h
+    ------------------
+    (and presumably the binary blob from which this is generated -
+    common/rt2860.bin):
+
+         Redistribution.  Redistribution and use in binary form, without 
+         modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are 
+         met: 
+
+            * Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice and the 
+            following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials 
+            provided with the distribution. 
+            * Neither the name of Ralink Technology Corporation nor the names of its 
+            suppliers may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this 
+            software without specific prior written permission. 
+            * No reverse engineering, decompilation, or disassembly of this software 
+            is permitted. 
+
+         Limited patent license. Ralink Technology Corporation grants a world-wide, 
+         royalty-free, non-exclusive license under patents it now or hereafter 
+         owns or controls to make, have made, use, import, offer to sell and 
+         sell ("Utilize") this software, but solely to the extent that any 
+         such patent is necessary to Utilize the software alone, or in 
+         combination with an operating system licensed under an approved Open 
+         Source license as listed by the Open Source Initiative at 
+         http://opensource.org/licenses.  The patent license shall not apply to 
+         any other combinations which include this software.  No hardware per 
+         se is licensed hereunder. 
+
+         DISCLAIMER.  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND 
+         CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, 
+         BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND 
+         FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 
+         COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 
+         INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, 
+         BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS 
+         OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND 
+         ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR 
+         TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE 
+         USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH 
+         DAMAGE. 
+        */ 
+        /* AUTO GEN PLEASE DO NOT MODIFY IT */ 
 
-    This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-    (at your option) any later version.
 
-    This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-    GNU General Public License for more details.
+    All the rest
+    ------------
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  * 
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  * 
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     * 
+ * (at your option) any later version.                                   * 
+ *                                                                       * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       * 
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        * 
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         * 
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.                          * 
 
-    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software
-    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
 Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
 
-The Debian packaging is (C) 2008, Glenn Saberton <gsaberton at foomagic.org> and
-is licensed under the GPL, see above.
+The Debian packaging is
+ (C) 2008, Glenn Saberton <gsaberton at foomagic.org>,
+ (C) 2008 Damyan Ivanov <dmn at debian.org>
+and is licensed under the GNU General Public license, version 2 or later, see
+above.
 
 

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rt2860 source for the ralink wireless chip in the eeepc 901.