ITP: libcrystalhd2 -- Library for Broadcom Crystal HD video decoder cards

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 08:19:40 (CEST), Andres Mejia wrote:

> On Tuesday 10 August 2010 23:38:09 Reinhard Tartler wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 14:39:19 (EDT), Andres Mejia wrote:
>> > Is there any progress with getting libcrystalhd2 into Debian? I would
>> > like to help if that's alright.
>> 
>> just curious, is this a driver package? what kind of hardware does it
>> support, and how big is the expected userbase?
>
> This is just for packaging the library. Driver is in mainstream kernel as of 
> 2.6.34 so there's no need for us to package that. Firmware can't be included 
> because it's under a non-free license. Here's the firmware license.

Ah, makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.

I think this package makes most sense for our team if at least two
members of our team can actually test and use those cards. This requires
running a 2.6.34 kernel and using this firmware. Otherwise I'm not so sure.


> FIRMWARE BINARIES ARE DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING LICENSE -
>
> BINARIES COVERED WITH THIS LICENSE ARE bcm70015fw.bin and bcm70012fw.bin
>
> Copyright 2007-2010 Broadcom Corporation
>
> Redistribution and use in binary forms of this software, without modification, 
> are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
>
> Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of 
> conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other 
> materials provided with the distribution.
> Neither the name of Broadcom nor the names of its contributors may be used to 
> endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior 
> written permission.
>
> THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, 
> INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND 
> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL BROADCOM BE 
> LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 
> CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE 
> GOODS OR SERVICES;LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 
> HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 
> LIABILITY, OR TORT(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT 
> OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH 
> DAMAGE.
>
> Note that redistribution is only allowed in binary form and *without* 
> modification. Perhaps it's better for the firmware to be shipped with
> firmware-linux-nonfree anyway.

Makes sense to me.

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