Bug#484365: suggestion: switch to linux-libre in main

[Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de>]

Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> In case you're not aware, the linux-libre project grew out of
> gNewSense's efforts to publish 100% Free Software extracts from the
> kernel distributed by kernel.org, later on picked up by BLAG and, more
> recently, by FSF Latin America.  You might want to use it, instead of
> kernel.org's kernel, to get closer to compliance with your policy of 
> shipping only Free Software in main.
> 
> Whether you move the non-Free kernel you currently ship to non-free, or
> simply remove it, is something you should discuss and decide on your
> own, but I thought I'd remind you of both possibilities.

What are the specific instances of non-free software you found in
Debian's kernel?

> linux-libre is currently available at
> http://www.fsfla.org/~lxoliva/fsfla/linux-libre/
> 
> There's a README in there.  We're considering creating a freed-ebian
> repository with linux-libre-based kernels for Debian GNU/Linux in there,
> but we hope that, knowing how seriously you take your social contract
> and the freedom of your users, I thought you might want to preempt
> that move.

I didn't find documentation about what was actually removed.


Thiemo