Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Thomas Bushnell BSG > > | Huh? I'm not saying I pretend it isn't there. Do I want to modify > | the source code? No, because there's nothing I could do with it if I > | could. > > Sure there is, like, reprogramming the image shown when your computer > boots.
What I meant is that if the firmware is truly burned into the chup, then I couldn't change it even if I had the source code. It was wrong to say that I don't *want* to modify it, but rather, that I *cannot* do so. Regardless, the point is what we distribute, not what is on my computer. See, I'm not some "purist" who demands that I only touch free software. Non-free software is all over my house; painting me as a purist is incorrect, and so it's crazy to say I'm inconsistent in my purity. I'm not a purist. I do not argue that Debian should be 100% free software because I'm a purist. I argue it because that's the point of *Debian*. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
