Re: NEW handling: About rejects, and kernels
On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 11:10:03AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
>
> >> Regardless, the point is what we distribute, not what is on my
> >> computer.
> >
> > Why? How does it benefit Debian if our users have to obtain firmware
> > from somewhere else to make their hardware work? How does it benefit
> > freedom if we imply that hardware with on-chip firmware is preferable?
>
> The DFSG says that's the wrong question to ask. The question to ask
Right, but how's that relevant when we're discussing whether the DFSG is
reasonable to apply to firmware?
Wrong question or not, why don't you answer the question?
> The DFSG says that's the wrong question to ask. The question to ask
> is how it helps our users to have free firmware instead of non-free.
How about no firmware instead of non-free firmware?
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
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