Craig Sanders wrote:
> this affects even DFSG-free drivers with DFSG-free patches. you often can't
> apply the patches to the debianised kernel sources because the context that
> the patch needs is missing.
>
> e.g. try downloading the patch[1] for DVICO Fusion DVB-T card's DFSG-free
> driver and applying it to the kernel source from any kernel-source-x.x.x
> package. it won't apply to the debian kernel, yet it applies without a
> problem to pristine sources downloaded from kernel.org.
>
> [1] http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~chrisp/Linux-DVB/DVICO/
>
> is this driver non-free? no.
>
> does this driver contain firmware blobs? no.
Why has it been removed?
Regards,
Joey
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