Request for free-distributable Broadcom's (G|LP)-PHY firmware

[Larry Finger]

On 02/21/2011 03:59 AM, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 04:21:29PM -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
>> On 02/18/2011 03:24 PM, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
>>> Few months later, is there any progress? Can we expect:
>>>
>>> 1) Easier licensing of currently provided firmware (see Fedore case)
>>> 2) Firmware for LP-PHY devices
>>> ?
>>
>> I think we can forget this whole business. It seems that Broadcom is
>> content with their business model, even though knowledgeable Linux
>> users are avoiding their products like the plague.
>
> Broadcom will not release old firmware with redistributable license,
> because of legal concerns, which are ridiculous for everyone except
> them.
>
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2010-September/142893.html

Did I tell you that I hate lawyers?

Larry