Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

tem (the code is independent from the > architecture and the OS). Then it need not be licensed under GPL-compatible terms. However, if Debian distributes it, it must be under a DFSG-compliant license. > Are we going to ask for the hardware sources, too ? Debian does not distribute the har

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

Thomas writes: > It looks for all the world like it's a piece of software that the > hardware vendor has written, and asked the OS distributor to publish for > them. That is exactly what it is. Why should Debian publish their closed-source software for them? -- John Hasler [E

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

ries intended to be installed on proprietary PDAs? > In the second case, firmwres can be tolerated (this is a compromise, as > we use 'proprietary hardware'). Debian does not distribute hardware. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

all: it's part of the hardware. -- John Hasler You may treat this work as if it [EMAIL PROTECTED] were in the public domain. Dancing Horse HillI waive all rights. Elmwood, Wisconsin

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

e non-free cpu microcode. As this is not true, we obviously do not require hardware to be free. True firmware is hardware. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

tem (the code is independent from the > architecture and the OS). Then it need not be licensed under GPL-compatible terms. However, if Debian distributes it, it must be under a DFSG-compliant license. > Are we going to ask for the hardware sources, too ? Debian does not distribute the har

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

Thomas writes: > It looks for all the world like it's a piece of software that the > hardware vendor has written, and asked the OS distributor to publish for > them. That is exactly what it is. Why should Debian publish their closed-source software for them? -- John Hasler [E

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

ries intended to be installed on proprietary PDAs? > In the second case, firmwres can be tolerated (this is a compromise, as > we use 'proprietary hardware'). Debian does not distribute hardware. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

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Re: Proposal - Deferment of Changes from GR 2004-003

e non-free cpu microcode. As this is not true, we obviously do not require hardware to be free. True firmware is hardware. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]