-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chris Lamb wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:37:23 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> [ x ] Choice 5: Ship *BLOBs* (does *not* mean closed-source >> drivers like nvidia) that can be legally >> redistributed, do not ship BLOBs that can >> not be legally redistributed. >> >> Yes, I know BLOBs are, well, binary, but they do *not* run on the >> system's CPU. They run on "little" CPUs on PCI cards, in USB >> devices, etc, etc, etc. Morally, it is the same as a FSF/GNU >> devotee running a machine that has ROMs and Flash EEPROMs on the >> mobo, on high-performance NICs, etc. > > I disagree, or I am not understanding the difference between the two. > FSF/GNU devotees would much prefer to use a free BIOS[0] or EEPROM > code if they had a choice imho.
Yes, they would *prefer* to. So would I. But still... Even RMS uses closed-source binaries. If not the mobo's BIOS, then the video card's BIOS, the NIC's BIOS, etc. I guess I just take the view that mobo & card manufacturers are *not* going to release enough detailed specs to allow for every mobo (or even a reasonable percentage of mobos) to have an OSS BIOS. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE9DXhS9HxQb37XmcRAkzlAKDa5Db2jtmvy23ujFi76BC1pmMMkACfRedP YOQnnvGrry2j8wO2Eb644AU= =ybnT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
