On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 09:12:25PM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote: > >I'm hereby proposing the following general resolution: > >| Firmware is data such as microcode or lookup tables that is loaded into >| hardware components in order to make the component function properly. >| It is not code that is run on the host CPU. >| >| Unfortunately such firmware often is distributed as so-called blobs, >| with no source or further documentation that lets us learn how it works >| or interacts with the hardware in question. By excluding such firmware >| from Debian we exclude users that require such devices from installing >| our operating system, or make it unnecessarily hard for them. >| >| Therefore the Debian project resolves that >| a) firmware in Debian does not have to come with source. While we do >| prefer firmware that comes with source and documentation we will not >| require it, >| b) we however do require all other freedoms that the DFSG mandate from >| components of our operating system, and >| c) such firmware can and should be part of our official installation media. > >Looking for seconds now. Seconded. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com There's no sensation to compare with this Suspended animation, A state of bliss
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