[gNewSense-users] suspected kernel's firmware

[marco\.chieppa-crap]

Hi!

looking at the kernel's section /drivers/atm/ i've found
this probavly non-free firmware:
link
http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Kernel/Hardy-kernel-drivers-atm-fore200eFirmwareCopyright

the othter-like files (fore200e.c - fore200e.h -
fore200e_mkfirm.c) are free, but this one have (see complete
at the link) had an inscrutable copyright notice:

###################
These microcode data are placed under the terms of the GNU
General Public License.

We would prefer you not to distribute modified versions of
it and not to ask for assembly or other microcode source.

Copyright (c) 1995-2000 FORE Systems, Inc., as an
unpublished work. This notice does not imply unrestricted or
public access to these materials which are a trade secret of
FORE Systems, Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliates
(together referred to as "FORE"), and which may not be
reproduced, used, sold or transferred to any third party
without FORE's prior written consent. All rights reserved.

U.S. Government Restricted Rights. If you are licensing the
Software on behalf of the U.S. Government ("Government"),
the following provisions apply to you. If the software [...]
(continue)
#########################

i see it's named also in the Debian's  sospected non-free
firmware page,
http://wiki.debian.org/KernelFirmwareLicensing
but i've not seen anything else.

this is a bug, right?


by,
marco