Getting upstream to listen (was Re: Debian's Linux kernel continues to regress on freedom
Sorry it took so long to reply.
Frederik Schueler wrote:
>So among them, one driver is activated, which I just deactivated in SVN.
Glad to hear they're all deactivated. You do know that the source is
actually supposed to be DFSG-free as well?
>We will prune these drivers again from the lenny release kernel if there
>has not been found a different solution until then.
Excellent.
>So, I may repeat ANOTHER time so maybe NOW you get the point: help having the
>vendors re-release the drivers as GPL with sources, or have the drivers removed
>upstream if they are dead and should not be distributed anymore,
I've tried twice to get upstream to remove the dead dgrs, without success --
the first time, they agreed it was a good idea but didn't do it; the second time
they just didn't reply. :-/
I had difficulty submitting it in perfect patch form (the firmware-file-removal
is a huge, huge hunk which mailing lists don't like); perhaps someone who has a
public git repo and could say "pull from here" would have more success?
I don't have the time or stamina to nag upstream repeatedly right now (though
when my schedule clears in a few years, if it's still there I'll try again).
Perhaps they might actually listen to you if *you* requested the removal of dgrs?
Since they aren't listening to me.
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