On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:52:39 +0100 Michael Dorrington <michael.dorrington@gmail.com> wrote: > > Karl Goetz wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:42:41 -0300 > > "Emiliano M. Rudenick" <emilianorudenick@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>> We don't have a free kernel in the archive yet, but you could > >>> easily install linux-libre of your own accord. > >>> thanks, > >>> kk > > > >> The kernel that comes default in Debian Squeeze is completely free. > > > > The kernel produced by linux-libre, and the kernel produced by > > debian differ. This doesn't inherantly mean debians kernel is meant > > to be non-free, but it does mean there is some confusion between the > > projects which will have to be worked out. If we can use debians > > kernel unaltered thats fantastic, but i'm still trying to find > > someone who knows kernels (not me) to compare them and tell us if > > thats ok. thanks, > > kk Hi mike, thanks for the reply. > > AFAICT, the Debian kernel complies with the DFSG (or is extremely > close). However, it retains drivers that require a firmware in order > to be functional and where no free firmware currently exists for > them. So if you don't considered Debian to be a "Free GNU/Linux > distribution" then, I think, you won't considered the Debian kernel > to be suitable for gNewSense. Does this mean 'retained in tree', or is it the stuff with no free firmware in the non-free packages? thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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