Re: Bug#239952: kernel-source-2.6.4: qla2xxx contains non-free firmware
John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote:
> Nathanael Nerode writes:
>> For these so-called "GPLed" binaries, we should ask the copyright holders
>> if they were *really* written as binary blobs. If they say "yes", let's
>> believe them. If they say "no", then the binaries are undistributable.
>
> Unless they grant explicit permission. Then they would be distributable
> but still non-DFSG.
Huh? Please show me where the DFSG prohibits people from writing binary
blobs. Jeez, we better throw all those hex editors away. Hmm, echo(1)
has gotta go as well.
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