On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 07:21:49PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:03:59 +0200, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 04:05:57PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> Can you spell out for us which kernel modules, in the opinion of > >> the kernel team, are certainly sourceless GPL stuff? Please make > >> sure you have the official opinion of the kernel team, and that you > >> are saying that these modules do contain sourceless GPL'd material. > > > The complete list at : > > > http://wiki.debian.org/KernelFirmwareLicensing?action=show#head-93ba883132bc3ebc09131100ec6bb6fbfb5e3e61 > > > Include code which Larry stated where unlikely to be the actual form > > of modification. I think he even said something along the lines of > > "no sane coder would write such directly in hex". > > > There are some which are big enough that it would not be practical > > to write them directly in hex, so there is little doubt about the > > outcome. > > Folks, if this is indeed the official opinion of the kernel > team (since that is what was solicited, then regardless of any GR, we > need to remove every thing mentioned by Sven from the kernel > immediately, since we are not allowed to distribute them.
This is my own opinion this time, and i specifically said that others of the kernel team should give an official statement. > Given this official statement, I also suggest that the GR > proposal is moot, since the proposer himself believes that the kernel > modules in question can not be distributed by Debian legally. > > I appreciate there not being any more GR's on this subject :), > since now we have to remove these modules, as per the official > kernel team position. Ah, so now you want to censor an already seconded GR ? And your word on what needs removing has more weight that what the project decides in a GR ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
