Le mardi 05 avril 2005 à 14:17 -0400, Richard B. Johnson a écrit : > > You are completely missing the point. I don't care whether the firmwares > > should be free, or whether they could be free. The fact is they are not > > free, and Debian doesn't distribute non-free software in the "main" > > archive. The fact is also that mixing them with a GPLed software gives > > an result you can't redistribute - although it seems many people > > disagree with that assertion now. > > As previously explained, if I buy a screen-card I get a driver > that will allow it to run under Windows. If I extract the stuff > from that driver that allows me to run it under Linux, that > constitutes fair use. Otherwise there are criminal issues like > restraint-of-trade and similar problems for the manufacturer. > That firmware is free for use on/in the device you purchased. You are mixing free beer and free speech. Of course I'm free to use it in the device I purchased, but it is nevertheless unsuitable for the Debian main archive, where there is only free software. > > Finally, you shouldn't forget that, technically speaking, using hotplug > > for uploading the firmware is much more flexible and elegant than > > including it in the kernel. Upgrading the firmware and the module should > > be two independent operations. People who are advocating the current > > situation are refusing technical improvements just because they are > > brought by people they find convenient to call "zealots". > > Throwing in a bit of truth to a pile of bullshit still leaves > the bullshit. It isn't relevant to the issue whether or not > upgrading firmware as a separate function from loading a module > is "good" or "bad". Of course it is. If the proposed solution is technically better and pleases the so-called zealots, why are you discussing it at all? -- .''`. Josselin Mouette /\./\ : :' : josselin.mouette@ens-lyon.org `. `' joss@debian.org `- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom
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