On 5 Jan 2011, at 15:32, Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: >> Also, I think that there are clauses in the license that Intel where worried >> about and that's why it can't be redistributed even in the non-oss repo. > > Hmmm... probably this one: > > "2.3. Restriction on Distribution. Licensee shall only distribute the > Software (a) under the terms of this Agreement and a copy of this Agreement > accompanies such distribution, and (b) agrees to defend and indemnify > Broadcom and its licensors from and against any damages, costs, liabilities, > settlement amounts and/or expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in > connection with any claim, lawsuit or action by any third party that arises > or results from the use or distribution of any and all Software by the > Licensee except as contemplated herein." > > Yeah, that looks like it says, "If someone sues Autozone for a patent that > Broadcom may/may not have infringed on... then Licensee will pay the legal > bills since Autozone got it from Licensee." Bogus! >
Yeah, hence the wget ;) Also raises the question, have Canonical accepted this licenses, do they have a waiver from Broadcom. And what about projects like rpmfusion. I had contacted the package maintainer on rpmfusion about this question a while back and never got a reply. -- Glen Gray <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
