Re: non-free firmware: driver in main or contrib?
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- Subject: Re: non-free firmware: driver in main or contrib?
- From: Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
- Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 03:41:13 +0100
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- References: <87hdp15la4.fsf@aule.evenmere.org> <cke9i5$3mf$1@wonderland.linux.it> <416AC0D9.50706@verizon.net> <ckg5ip$gag$1@wonderland.linux.it> <416C14E5.6050008@verizon.net> <ckllfs$l7v$1@wonderland.linux.it> <1098413165.31641.9.camel@bad.dynu.ca> <clak79$4ub$1@wonderland.linux.it> <20041022172143.GA6749@glandium.org> <cle55s$ng4$1@wonderland.linux.it> <cle55s$ng4$1@wonderland.linux.it> <20041024023708.GB24774@glandium.org>
Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> wrote:
> The point is, some drivers DO require firmwares. I'd rather say: Some
> depend on firmware. In that case, if the firmware is non-free, the
> driver can't go in main.
Is this the case even if the firmware is in a flash chip attached to the
device? If the total amount of non-free software on a user's system is
the same regardless, why are we concerned about how it's packaged?
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