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Re: [RFR] templates://linux-2.6/{linux-base.templates,templates/temp.image.plain/templates}



On Sun, 2010-04-11 at 16:54 +0200, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> Quoting Ben Hutchings (ben@decadent.org.uk):
> 
> > > > It may be pedantic, but the reason why most firmware are not available
> > > > is because they do not conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines:
> > > > they might be open source with a non compatible license.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, I don't know for sure for the Linux kernel : all the non free
> > > > firmware may also be closed source.
> > 
> > Indeed, we do not have source code for any of the non-free firmware.  In
> > many cases it is under a BSDish licence and would thus become DFSG-free
> > if the source code was released.
> 
> 
> Can you comment (maybe later) on David's proposal so that I can decide
> whether to include that paragraph in the reviewed templates.

I am happy with David's version, if you do not think it will be too much
trouble for translators who have already started.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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