Dear Release-Managers, currently, there is an ongoing discussion about binary-blobs in the Linux kernels. We all agree that Debian should only consist of free software. However, in the real world, not all problems are so easy solvable as we all wish. You have already stated an exception for documentation (RFCs, GFDL) for the release of sarge. We ask you to state another exception for code that is not executed on the host CPU(s).
Otherwise, we fear that the release will be delayed for some more time, and frankly speaking, the release is already overdue. We think that further discussion is necessary to come up with a proper and working solution. The exemption will grant us the necessary time; it is not meant to postpone this issue indefinitely. Yours, Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta Andreas Barth Daniel Stone Florian Weimer Hanno Wagner Marc Haber Marco d'Itri Martin Loschwitz Peter De Schrijver
