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Re: Bug#221709: ITP: at76c503a-source -- at76c503a driver source



On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 02:42:31PM +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 01:21:35AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> | On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 11:01:46PM +0100, Oliver Kurth wrote:
> | > On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 01:25:24PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote:
> | > The firmware is needed. Without it, the device is completely dumb.
> | > But there are some devices which can store the fw permanently. Also,
> | > the fw is distributed on their (windows) installation CDs.
> | > 
> | > > One wonders why they don't just open up the source to the firmware
> | > > drivers since they aren't planning on making any more updates to it.
> | > 
> | > I am not sure about this. I think this is true only for the devices with
> | > Intersil radio.
> | 
> | Does this company even deserve our support?
> 
> Possibly not, but I think a case could be made that Debian's users do.
> (You know, that other priority, the one that isn't Free Software...)

...the one that is no more important than free software.

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