Re: Moglen on kernel firmware blobs

2006-01-26 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:40:35 -0500 Benj. Mako Hill wrote: > Right. Moglen thinks that blobs in the kernel source are non-free but > not GPL violations. Unfortunately, I think the contentious issue lies > in his first claim, not the second. I'm not sure I parse you correctly. Are you saying that t

Re: Moglen on kernel firmware blobs

2006-01-26 Thread Benj. Mako Hill
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6028746-2.html?tag=st.next > > Moglen: > > I would distinguish the blobs from the proprietary drivers in the > kernel. If the kernel's terms were unambiguously GPL, which they are > apparently not, (proprietary drivers) would be forbidden. The > blobs--though

Re: Moglen on kernel firmware blobs

2006-01-24 Thread Alexander Terekhov
On 23 Jan 2006 16:14:00 +0100, Claus Färber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb/wrote: > > [blobs] From the point of view of the GPL work called the Linux > > kernel, they're just data. > > Apart from the fact that the data is meant to be executed by some > computi

Re: Moglen on kernel firmware blobs

2006-01-24 Thread Claus Färber
Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb/wrote: > [blobs] From the point of view of the GPL work called the Linux > kernel, they're just data. Apart from the fact that the data is meant to be executed by some computing device, it does not matter if you call it a program or just data. The GPL requi

Re: Moglen on kernel firmware blobs

2006-01-20 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 12:18:06AM +, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: > Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6028746-2.html?tag=st.next > > > > Moglen: > > > > I would distinguish the blobs from the proprietary drivers in the > > kernel. If the kernel's terms

Re: Moglen on kernel firmware blobs

2006-01-20 Thread Måns Rullgård
Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6028746-2.html?tag=st.next > > Moglen: > > I would distinguish the blobs from the proprietary drivers in the > kernel. If the kernel's terms were unambiguously GPL, which they are > apparently not, (proprietary drivers)

Moglen on kernel firmware blobs

2006-01-20 Thread Marco d'Itri
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6028746-2.html?tag=st.next Moglen: I would distinguish the blobs from the proprietary drivers in the kernel. If the kernel's terms were unambiguously GPL, which they are apparently not, (proprietary drivers) would be forbidden. The blobs--though they are ethical