[Linux-wlan-ng-devel] Bug#583520: Bug#583520: don't assume an Internet connection to make package usable

[Enrico Tassi]

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:04:08AM +0800, jidanni at jidanni.org wrote:
> >  Note that only some adapters really need a firmware file and that firmware
> >  files are not completely free (in the sense of freely redistributable), which
> >  is why this package exists.
> 
> Perhaps move to non-free so the Internet connection need not be required.

No, non-free if for non-free-but-freely-redistributable software.

The firmware in question cannot be freely redistributed, thus cannot 
be poart of the non-free archive.

Sorry for the chicken-egg problem, but it is really not our fault.
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Enrico Tassi