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Re: LCC and blobs



Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:

> Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net> wrote:
> 
> > No, because we have chosen a limited set of goals.  We are for free
> > software, not Curing All The World's Ills.  There is nothing
> > hypocritical about Debian deciding to attack one problem (non-free
> > software) without attacking a different problem (unchangeable
> > burned-in software).
> 
> Burned-in software is, in general, non-free software. It would be as
> easy for us to write a free alternative as it would be to write a free
> version of firmware loaded from disk. Why do you believe this goal to be
> less important?

It is important; go to it.  I have not said you should not do it.



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