On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 08:46:29PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > As mentioned above, it was discovered late in the process that three > > firmware > > images included in the upstream kernel that are relevant to the installer > > are > > not distributed under clearly DFSG-compliant licenses: tg3, typhoon, and > > acenic. Of these, only typhoon was in sarge; tg3 and acenic had been > > removed > > from the kernel and have since been readded. > > If tg3 and acenic were not in sarge, then including them would > represent a regression in freedom. The resolution permits keeping > things around which don't meet our standards of freeness, but it does > not permit adding new things.
Thomas, the resolution does not allow to keep things around which don't meet our standard of freeness. It clearly states that firmwares without DFSG-free licenses have to go (the interpretation here is that the text says that sourceless versions of DFSG-free firmwares have to go). Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
