[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Etch timeline is unrealistic because non-free firmware is NOT being dealt with



Adam Thornton <athornton@sinenomine.net> writes:

> My position on non-free firmware is that distributing it certainly
> seems, to my untrained eye, to violate the Social Contract, and this
> needs to be addressed somehow, whether by dropping support for those
> devices, amending the Contract, or seeking a temporary waiver (or
> something else I haven't seen proposed or thought of).  

Actually, we already did have a temporary waiver, to permit sarge to
release.  There has been plenty of warning here.

Thomas



Reply to: