On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 01:13:25PM +0530, Karthik Kumar wrote: > On Jan 6, 2008 4:25 AM, Gilles Chehade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 01:42:16AM +0530, Karthik Kumar wrote: > > > > Firmware are not free enough when they have a license that does not > > > > allow them to be redistributed with the system. > > > > > > > > > > You are talking of free as in freedom and not price, right? If the > > > whole point was to avoid paying $$$ in OpenBSD, my bad. > > > > > > > What has money to do with this ? > > You sound like you have issues understanding, so I will make it as simple > > as I can, please take the time to read a few times, and make sure you get > > it, before replying to this mail: > > > > - vendor A sells hardware that requires a firmware > > > > - OpenBSD wants to support that hardware and needs the firmware > > to be shipped, say in /etc/firmware/, to have the > > hardware work out of the box > > > > - vendor A says "if a customer wants the firmware, he must go > > to out website and fill a registration form online". > > > > - OpenBSD does not ship the firmware because it is not free > > enough. > > > > See ? This is an example, it is unrelated to money, and you still failed > > to show us ONE point where we don't stick to our goals. > > > > So registration form = non-free. You failed to prove how it was not > free. I asked if it required OpenBSD to pay money to a vendor, or the > issue was about something else besides the money. I don't see the > registration form being a problem here. Maybe they might simply take > down your name and address for contact details or whatever. I don't > see why a registration form must be non-free here. >
It's not me that fails to prove anything, it's you that fails to comprehend simple logic: if OpenBSD wants to provide support for a software, BUT the required firmware requires USER to fill a form, how can OpenBSD ship the firmware ? Think for a just a second. -- Gilles Chehade
