[rt2x00-users] Ralink Firmware disassembly

[Radosław Szkodziński]

On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:57:32 -0200
Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo at holoscopio.com> wrote:

> Sorry. It's no misconception. I am not missing the point. The point
> is: the drivers contain the firmware. The driver is GPLv2, hence
> every code included is too. See my previous message about downloading
> the code from ralink site itself, which makes the "staging is
> irrelevant" argument moot. And I couldn't find any reference to
> "reverse engineering" in the code when I looked for "reverse". Only
> license I could find was the GPLv2, being referenced all over it. So,
> let's just say the firmware blob is dual-licensed.   :-)


No, it's not. It is not part of software, only a data file. (blob)
GPLv2 doesn't affect separate data files at all - unlike GPLv3, which
has those free lunch/anti-DRM provisions.
Amd yes. the firmware could be proven to be a separate piece of
software, I bet windows driver uses it.