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Re: Linux Kernel



On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 03:18:19PM -0600, DEEvans wrote:

> In Richard Stallman's response to Joe Barr back in May, he mentioned the
> existence of binary-only drivers that had been shipped with the Linux
> kernel since version 2.x.  What are the implications of the existence of
> the drivers on the Debian Social Contract, considering that Debian seems
> to be shipping drivers that violate the GPL of the kernel, (depending on
> who's arguing)?  What is Debian's official position in this regard?

It would be a good idea to actually check whether this is the case, before
posting an alarmist message to debian-devel.

(Hint: /usr/share/doc/kernel-source-2.4.18/README.Debian.gz)

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 - mdz


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