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Re: Etch timeline is unrealistic because non-free firmware is NOT being dealt with



maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at> writes:

> On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 09:53:48PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
>> Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
>> 
>> > Is it an aggregation with the image linked into the binary?
>> 
>> It doesn't matter for Debian's purposes.
>> 
>> While the GPL permits shipping a GPL'd program "merely aggregated"
>> alongside a non-free program, we don't ship the nonfree part no matter
>> what, so it hardly matters to us whether it's also a GPL violation.
>> 
>> Thomas
>
> stop abusing debian-kernel, this thread is pointless.
> either you contribute as already pointed out by Md and fs
> or you may want start whining at other places.

It was complained that valid bugs of the sort "there is non-free
software here and here and here" were being closed summarily.

Was this accurate?



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