Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Add Qualcomm Gobi 2000 driver.

From: Matthew Garrett <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 20:05:34 +0100

On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 11:50:50AM -0700, David Miller wrote:

> I don't see how any distribution can properly support this device
> if it cannot work without non-distributable firmware.

Individual vendors may negotiate redistribution agreements with 
Qualcomm. We've carried drivers without redistributable firmware in the 
past (b43 had none for some time), so I don't see that we have any clear 
and established position on this.

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Matthew Garrett | [email-masked]