Re: ndiswrapper

[Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>]

On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Raul Miller wrote:
> Put differently, I do not understand the distinction between
> 
>   "The purpose of the ndiswrapper package is to provide an ABI layer
>    on top of the Linux kernel that is compatible with the interface for
>    Windows NDIS drivers"
> 
> and
> 
>   "wrapper packages or other sorts of free accessories for non-free
>    programs."
> 
> (That said, I do understand that ndiswrapper is free software.
> Everything in contrib is free software.)

The different is that in one case, the package ndiswrapper doesn't need to change
to work with a free NDIS wrapper.

On the contrary, the flash installer of contrib will never/ever install
something else that the non-free flash if you don't modify it.

Cheers,
-- 
Raphaël Hertzog

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