On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 at 11:41:05 +0100 KatolaZ <kato...@freaknet.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 04, 2017 at 12:18:19PM +0200, Alessandro Selli wrote: > > [cut] > > > > didn't involve a right > > > reserved under copyright in the first place, > > > > Let me remind you GPL is a licence, and that it prohibits linking > > proprietary code with free code in the same binary file. > > > > Sorry, but this is totally wrong, and quite misleading. By freedom 0, > you can *use* a GNU GPL software for whatever task you like, and even > link it with other proprietary software of your choice, without > limitations. Any single or company can take GNU GPL software out there > and *use* it as they want, even together with other proprietary > software. I know, I don't dispute this. > What you *cannot* do is *distributing* a software covered by the GNU > GPL, or a modification thereof, inside of or in combination with a > software that has a license more restrictive than the GNU GPL itself, > or that is incompatible with the GNU GPL. Right, which brings up the issue that you cannot produce a distibution without an initramfs because, among the other problems, some of the drivers it comes with, some of which are needed to mount the root filesystem, do need a proprietary firmware. What one can do on his own PC does not constitute a solution for the distribution. The thread was about Devuan and other distribution's filesystem layout (the / and /usr merge) and their use and need of an initramfs, not about how someone could tweak his/her own PC to customize it in such a way an initramfs can be done away with. -- Alessandro Selli http://alessandro.route-add.net VOIP SIP: dhatarat...@ekiga.net Chiavi PGP/GPG keys: B7FD89FD, 4A904FD9 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
