Re: call for seconds: on firmware (was: on firmware (possible proposal))

[Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 09:12:25PM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> | 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

So do the licenses for all those blobs we have now comply with the DFSG
other than that we don't have the source for it?

Does this mean that even if the blob is GPL'd, we don't need sources
for it?


Kurt