[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> This is FUD. Nothing in this proposal says that we will ignore licenses >> when distributing firmware or any other works. >Maybe, but you take the first step toward this, so when will you stop ? Also, http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/slippery-slope.html HTH.
>there are currently stuff in non-free, or even which was rejected in non-free, >which could arguably be using the same kind of permissibility as the firmware >code, like the miboot apple copyrighted boot sector, which is only 256 bytes The only way you can argue this is by not understanding the proposed GR: a boot sector is not firmware since it's loaded from a disk to run on the same CPU which will later run the OS. (Not that I would have any objections to shipping it in main, since this would help and not hinder the cause of free software.) -- ciao, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
