Re: Bug#239952: kernel-source-2.6.4: qla2xxx contains non-free firmware
Herbert Xu wrote:
> Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Herbert Xu wrote:
>>> Right, so for binary firmware we can file RC bugs without checking
>>> with the copyright holders, but for PNGs the rules are different.
>>
>> I would argue that they're not, but I'm not ready to embark upon that
>> journey, which is why I suggest that RC bugs not be filed. If someone
>> is ready to deal with the fallout, go ahead and file RC bugs.
>
> I fail to see how the fallout can be any worse for the PNGs. If anything,
> I'd say that fewer people need binary PNGs than they do firmware.
You live in a weird world. :-) Perhaps all your systems are text-only and
you feel that images are for wimps? Or are just you being deliberately
perverse by obscuring the difference between actual burnt-in-hardware
firmware and so-called "firmware" which is actually software loaded from a
host system? I'd guess that more people need *Debian-distributed* PNG
files than need *Debian-distributed* firmware.
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