Le jeu 24 août 2006 14:08, Sven Luther a écrit : > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 11:48:56AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > > 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.) > > I understand perfectly well the purpose of this GR. It is to say that > we should accept non-free firmware in main, without saying clearly > they are often binaries obtained from some sort of source.
my understanding is that it's about accepting blobs that are sourceless and "licensed" under a DFSG-free license as acceptable for main. which is rather different, and completely disallow random firmware to go in main: * if there is a source, the source must be DFSG free ; * if there is no source, and that the firmware cannot be modified e.g. => non free; * if there is no source, but that the blob is modifiable, redistribuable, ... then we tolerate it in main. It's very far from the apocaliptic scenario you are depicting. -- ·O· Pierre Habouzit ··O [EMAIL PROTECTED] OOO http://www.madism.org
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