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(Get the code!)
>Broadcom should just allow us to redistribute that silly firmware...
I don't think, that it is just problem of Broadcom. As I know, GPL is not allowing to distribute GPL code along with non-GPL-compatible code. Whole Ubuntu is derived work of its GPL-licensed parts, and if derived work is distributed, there should be available all its source codes under GPL.
I am not lawyer, but I know that from situation when Kororaa came with binary nvidia module on its LiveCD. There was big discussion about this, but result was, as I remeber, that the nvidia module is not distributed anymore on its LiveCD. On Ubunt LiveCD is also not included nvidia binary module, and should be downloaded (and the derived work is not distributed then).
The legal way, I see, is to make package (or something), with all problematic binary drivers and firmwares. This package could be placed on second CD or USB disc, allowing user to make everything working out of the box without Internet connection.