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

[Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>]

Moin Adrian!
Adrian Bunk schrieb am Freitag, den 26. März 2004:

> > You miss the point again (deliberate?). I say that IFF NVidia ships their
> > drivers with DSFG-compatible source for all precompiled object files
> > that are parts of the code running in the HOST system kernel, YES. But
> 
> We are not talking about cases where the source is available.

STOP. What is the source? Please define a term before using it.

> > that is not what we are talking about; this thread is about firmware
> > blobs running inside of the target hardware, never touched during the
> > software development. They are not MODIFIED to change the code running
> > within the GPL space (kernel) so there is no need to distribute any
> > pre-form of the binary blob.
> 
> Let me try to make another example to help my understanding:
> 
> A GFDL info file is considered to be non-free.

We do not talk about GFDL, it is a completely different issue (again).

Regards,
Eduard.
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