Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
ReiserFS 4 License. Sami Liedes wondered if the license for reiser4progs (GPL and clarifications) renders this package non-free. The license also tries to declare plugins and a clustering file system built to work on top of this file system as derivative works, which Sami denies. People seem to agree that the current license renders reiser4 non-free or even non-distributable at all.On 2004-06-24, John Summerfield penned:Well, I suspect the Kernel Gods prune bits out of the kernel because they offend their sensibilities (DFSG). I've not actually confirmed this, but I got that impression from something I read, and it's believable.You seem to be talking about compiling from upstream source vs. using a debianized kernel, whether source or precompiled. Er, are you talking about not providing bits in the prepackaged kernels, or are you talking about dinking bits out of the source? I have no experience with the prepackaged kernels, other than on fresh install.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/04/msg00229.html Distribution of Peripheral Firmware. Binary Firmware Components removed. http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2004/15/I understand the points, but OTOH I worry I'll find a system I can't install to because there's missing firmware. Wireless could be essential for installing, there might be SCSI adaptors implicated....
Remember too that not all Linux computers are peecess. I've been looking at a dlink di-804, wondering whether I can get Linux into it, and it has no spinning devices at all. Just some RJ-45 jacks.
My DSL-300 has 16 Mbytes of RAM in it, Linux in it would be terrific.