On Mon, 03 May 2004 10:02:34 +1000, Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jason> Pretty much everything has embedded 'firmware' of one kind
Jason> or anyother. Sometimes you don't see it, because it is in
Jason> flash or ROM'd into the chip. Though, often it ends up in
Jason> a driver primarily to save on the cost of flash and/or to
Jason> ease updating it to new versions.
>> hat mode="devils advocate">
> So, as far as Debian is concerned, if the firmware is on a ROM or
> otherwise hard-coded in the hardware its OK; However it is not OK if
> the firmware has to be distributed with the software?
Does Debian distribute the ROM? No? Does Debian distribute
hardware? No again? Does Debian distribute software?
Stunned silence.
> What about DFSG software that *requires* proprietary hardware in
> order to operate? Should this go into contrib?
Umm, I have nothing but proprietary hardware. Never had any
non-proprietary Hardware. most people don't. Indeed, is there such
a thing as non-proprietary hardware? Or should we put just about
everything into contrib?
manoj
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