www/distros common-distros.html

[Karl Berry]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Karl Berry <karl>       11/02/27 23:33:24

Modified files:
        distros        : common-distros.html 

Log message:
        Linux kernel phrasing; mention OpenBSD as having a no-BSD-blob policy, 
since they do

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/distros/common-distros.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.26&r2=1.27

Patches:
Index: common-distros.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/distros/common-distros.html,v
retrieving revision 1.26
retrieving revision 1.27
diff -u -b -r1.26 -r1.27
--- common-distros.html 24 Feb 2011 00:27:06 -0000      1.26
+++ common-distros.html 27 Feb 2011 23:33:01 -0000      1.27
@@ -153,15 +153,15 @@
 nonfree programs in their ports system.  In addition, their kernels
 include nonfree firmware blobs.</p>
 
-<p>Nonfree firmware programs in Linux are called &ldquo;blobs,&rdquo;
-and that's how we use the term.  In BSD parlance, the term
-&ldquo;blob&rdquo; means something else: a nonfree driver.  Some BSD
-distros have the policy of not including those.  That is the right
-policy, as regards drivers; but when the developers say these distros
-&ldquo;contain no blobs,&rdquo;, it causes a misunderstanding.  They
-are not taking about firmware blobs.</p>
+<p>Nonfree firmware programs used with the Linux kernel are called
+&ldquo;blobs,&rdquo; and that's how we use the term.  In BSD parlance,
+the term &ldquo;blob&rdquo; means something else: a nonfree driver.
+OpenBSD and perhaps other BSD distros have the policy of not including
+those.  That is the right policy, as regards drivers; but when the
+developers say these distros &ldquo;contain no blobs,&rdquo;, it causes
+a misunderstanding.  They are not taking about firmware blobs.</p>
 
-<p> No BSD distro has policies against proprietary binary-only
+<p>No BSD distro has policies against proprietary binary-only
 firmware that might be loaded even by free drivers.</p>
 
 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
 of this article.</p>
 
-<p>Copyright &copy; 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
+<p>Copyright &copy; 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
 
 <p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article are
 permitted worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2011/02/24 00:27:06 $
+$Date: 2011/02/27 23:33:01 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>