Hi, I am deeply concerned about the news: it seems that Intel upcoming Skylake CPUs will require a non-free binary-only firmware blob in order for the integrated graphics to operate [1].
As far as I can tell, Intel graphics is currently the only option for a
completely DFSG-free graphics stack (DFSG-free Intel drivers, without
any required non-free firmware to be loaded). Intel's move looks like a
major regression for the Free Software community.
Is having Keith Packard away from Intel [2] *so* bad for us all?
("Intel not employing Keith Packard considered harmful"?)
What can be done, before it's too late?
[1]
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-SKL-BXT-Firmware-Blobs
[2] http://keithp.com/blogs/Back_to_HP/
P.S.: Please Cc me on replies, as I am not subscribed to debian-x.
Thanks!
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