Re: non-free firmware: driver in main or contrib?

2004-10-23 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Drivers do not require firmwares, hardware devices require firmwares. >Well, actually, there are cases where the communication between firmware >and driver is tight and both need each other, i.e driver won't work with >another firmware and vice versa. This is applicable

Re: a legal problem with 'filters' in germany

2004-10-23 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >A broken law in Germany prohibiting the utterance of a pair of words >does not make something non-free. If that line of logic held--"if Agreed. This is so obvious that I can't see why this should be on topic here. The only problem I can see is that some mirror operators

ITP some 13 years old code with unknown license

2004-10-23 Thread Harald Dunkel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi folks, I would like ITP Blockade. Its an old XWindow game. Currently the sources can be grabbed here: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Zone/5267/ A first package has been uploaded to mentors.debian.net (I'm in the NM process.) My pr

Re: ITP some 13 years old code with unknown license

2004-10-23 Thread Ben Pfaff
"Harald Dunkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My problem is: There is no explicite license, except for > some included fonts. The author ("der Mouse") just mumbles > something about having contacted the author of the original > Atari game, and he said its OK. Of course I tried to contact > der Mou

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Re: non-free firmware: driver in main or contrib?

2004-10-23 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 07:42:20PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> Drivers do not require firmwares, hardware devices require firmwares. > >Well, actually, there are cases where the communication between firmware > >and driver is tight and both need each other, i.e dri

Re: non-free firmware: driver in main or contrib?

2004-10-23 Thread Matthew Garrett
Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The point is, some drivers DO require firmwares. I'd rather say: Some >> depend on firmware. In that case, if the firmware is non-free, the >> driver can't go in main. > > Is this the case even if the firmwar