Re: Bug#239952: kernel-source-2.6.4: qla2xxx contains non-freefirmware
On Mar 27, Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> Tell them "Buy a system with hardware with free firmware, or use non-free
> software".
Please show me a DVB card or a DSL modem with free firmware and I will
buy one.
> This is a problem, though not perhaps in the way you're thinking. In the
> long run, if more and more hardware uses OS-loaded non-free firmware,
> you'll end up with more and more of your system running non-free software.
> Eventually, in this nightmare scenario, all hardware will require non-free
> code to activate, and that code will control what you can do with the
> hardware....
Get a clue! Most of your hardware devices already require non-free
firmware, you just don't see this because it's in a ROM or well hidden
in the free driver.
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ciao, |
Marco | [5403 sccGtjYOVVu0M]
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