-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi,
I'd second the proposal as quoted below. > | Firmware is data that is uploaded to hardware components, not designed to be > | run on the host CPU. Often this firmware is already required at install > time > | in order to use network or storage devices. > | > | Unfortunately such firmware often is distributed as BLOBs, with no source or > | further documentation that lets us learn how it works or interacts with the > | hardware in question. By excluding such firmware from Debian we exclude > | users that require such devices from installing our operating system, or > | make it unnecessarily hard for them. > | > | Therefore the Debian project resolves that > | a) firmware in Debian does not have to come with source. While we do > | prefer firmware that comes with source and documentation we will not > | require it, > | b) we however do require all other freedoms that the DFSG mandate from > | components of our operating system, and > | c) such firmware can and should be part of our official installation media. Cheers, Bernd - -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer GPG Fingerprint: 06C8 C9A2 EAAD E37E 5B2C BE93 067A AD04 C93B FF79 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkkct5kACgkQBnqtBMk7/3kl4QCcCxdv1R8GTrehUF5Q3R6rDNOC jJcAn30u09aAqYBnyMMSMI0ZbS/qzXW5 =1coL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
