David didn't leave the linux-2.6@packages.qa.d.o CC'ed. Re-adding it so that kernel packages maintainers can comment (Ben at first). Quoting David Prévot (davidp@altern.org): > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Le 31/03/2010 12:37, Christian PERRIER a écrit : > > Most firmware files are not included in the system because > > no source code is available for them. You may need to reconfigure > > the package manager to include the non-free section of the package > > archive before you can install these firmware files. > > 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. > > Unless you are exclusively referencing the firmware-linux-nonfree > package, which is in the non-free section, some firmware can also be > available through the contrib section (bcm43xx-fwcutter used to download > sources, extract and install firmware from these downloaded files. I > don't know if some packages are still running this way). > > I really might be talking nonsense, but if not, what about (no doubt > that it needs to be rephrased in proper English) : > > Most firmware files are not included in the system because > they do not conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. > You may need to reconfigure the package manager to include the > contrib and non-free sections of the package archive before > you can install these firmware files. > > Regards > > David > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkvBIv0ACgkQ18/WetbTC/oDTQCfStHyPv5ywdIaCjBOMm4X/VCU > bOIAnA1krBbuCfWdenYAKLNmq6i79ecP > =V2MH > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-l10n-english-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hpr7u0$qmb$1@dough.gmane.org > > > > ** CRM114 Whitelisted by: WHITELIST ** > --
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