On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:50:00 -0400 Michael Poole wrote: [...] > I personally disagree -- on the grounds that the software works as it > should without the blobs, and the hardware is what fails to provide > the necessary interface -- but mine is a minority viewpoint.
By that line of reasoning, a non-free-kernel could be seen as a means to cause the hardware to provide the necessary interface, and any user-space DFSG-compliant program could go in main, even if it somehow requires the non-free-kernel in order to be useful. Or you could conceive the kernel + non-free-interpreter combination as a means to cause the hardware to provide the necessary interface, and any DFSG-compliant script could go in main, even when it requires the non-free-interpreter in order to be useful. IOW, I'm not convinced by your argument. -- But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend. -- from _Coming to America_ ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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