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Re: The bigger issue is badly licensed blobs (was Re:Firmware poll



On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 09:00:27AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 07:17:47PM -0700, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 08:48:00PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Debian needs to make a decision on how it will deal with this legal
> > > > minefield.  That is higher priority than the entire discussion going on
> > > > right now, because it determines whether Debian will distribute these 53
> > > > BLOBs *at all*, in 'main' or in 'non-free'.
> > > 
> > > > Oddly enough nobody has proposed a GR addressing this,
> > > 
> > > Because voting is an absurd means of settling questions of legal liability.
> > > It's the domain of the ftp team to determine whether we can legally
> > > distribute a package on our mirrors.
> > 
> > So, all in all, all this fuss for seven blobs ? waw, what a waste of
> > time.
> 
> 53 + 7 = 60.
> 
> Please Mike, you have lately a tendency to inflame discussions for
> nothing. You've used me to expect better from you.

  this dig is obviously meant to calm things down…

  Not to mention that *you* are wrong and that Mike is right, there is
currently only 7 blob's that we can suppose to be distributable and
sourceless at the same time. Mike's frustration cry would have been
unoticed if you hadn't felt compelled to slosh your sanctimonious oil
all over the fire.
-- 
·O·  Pierre Habouzit
··O                                                madcoder@debian.org
OOO                                                http://www.madism.org

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