Re: Bug#239952: kernel-source-2.6.4: qla2xxx contains non-free firmware

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Subject: Re: Bug#239952: kernel-source-2.6.4: qla2xxx contains non-free firmware
From: John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 08:03:41 -0600
Message-id: <[🔎] 877jx7aeo2.fsf@toncho.dhh.gt.org>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20040326120541.GA13362@zombie.inka.de> (Eduard Bloch's message of "Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:05:42 +0100")
References: <E1B6Izr-0002Ai-00@r063144.stusta.swh.mhn.de> <[🔎] 20040325082949.GA3376@gondor.apana.org.au> <[🔎] 20040325215402.GY16746@fs.tum.de> <[🔎] 20040326120541.GA13362@zombie.inka.de>

Eduard Bloch writes:
> NOT the same reason, please understand the issue before filing bugs.
> There is a difference between 

> a) firmware chunks under the GPL
> b) under distribution-hostile licenses 

> The first ones are okay, the situation is not different than PNG images
> distributed with GPL packages.

Then you would see no problem with a GPL browser with a 300,000 byte blob
of binary code in it?
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI

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