Re: Firmware & Social Contract: GR proposal

[MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop>]

Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> wrote: [...]
> Don't forget that sarge also has these firmwares. 

That's not entirely true, according to
http://doolittle.icarus.com/~larry/fwinventory/2.6.17.html :-

  Relative to sarge, 13 new sourceless-firmware-contaminated files have
  found their way into Debian's Linux source tree. They are:

    * drivers/net/bnx2_fw.h
    * drivers/net/cassini.h
    * drivers/net/e100.c
    * drivers/net/starfire_firmware.h
    * drivers/net/tg3.c
    * drivers/scsi/ql1040_fw.h
    * drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/ql2100_fw.c
    * drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/ql2200_fw.c
    * drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/ql2300_fw.c
    * drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/ql2322_fw.c
    * drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/ql2400_fw.c
    * drivers/usb/serial/ti_fw_3410.h
    * drivers/usb/serial/ti_fw_5052.h 

> If we release etch ASAP, we have something that is much more free.

In general, that's true and a cause for rejoicing.
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