Hi Neil, On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 09:29:04PM +0000, Neil Williams wrote: > A driver package intended for main may need to provide a non-free binary > firmware update for specific devices only. The firmware is volatile and needs > reloading each time the driver is initialised - but only if one of these > devices is being used. Other devices supported by the driver are NOT > affected. > Is the firmware binary just data? (Like an image?) What is the aim of this particular question? Under GR 2004-003, all contents of main must be free according to the DFSG, including images and other data; so if you're asking if it's ok to include a non-free binary blob in main that we don't have the right to modify, the answer is no. > Should the package be split so that the package containing the driver for > the unaffected devices can go into main? Yes, a package split sounds like it's needed. Note that this means splitting the source package, since you can't build binaries for both main and non-free from the same source. The driver itself sounds like it's perfectly suitable for main, only the optional firmware would need to be in non-free. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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