CVSROOT: /web/www Module name: www Changes by: Brett Smith <brett> 11/05/13 15:14:42
Modified files: distros : common-distros.html Log message: distros -> distributions, for consistency throughout the page CVSWeb URLs: http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/distros/common-distros.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.31&r2=1.32 Patches: Index: common-distros.html =================================================================== RCS file: /web/www/www/distros/common-distros.html,v retrieving revision 1.31 retrieving revision 1.32 diff -u -b -r1.31 -r1.32 --- common-distros.html 22 Mar 2011 18:38:23 -0000 1.31 +++ common-distros.html 13 May 2011 15:14:26 -0000 1.32 @@ -157,12 +157,13 @@ <p>Nonfree firmware programs used with the Linux kernel are called “blobs”, and that's how we use the term. In BSD parlance, the term “blob” 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 “contain no blobs”, it causes a -misunderstanding. They are not talking about firmware blobs.</p> +OpenBSD and perhaps other BSD distributions have the policy of not +including those. That is the right policy, as regards drivers; but +when the developers say these distributions “contain no +blobs”, it causes a misunderstanding. They are not talking +about firmware blobs.</p> -<p>No BSD distro has policies against proprietary binary-only +<p>No BSD distribution 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 --> @@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ <p> Updated: <!-- timestamp start --> -$Date: 2011/03/22 18:38:23 $ +$Date: 2011/05/13 15:14:26 $ <!-- timestamp end --> </p> </div>