Re: [AMENDMENT]: Release Etch now, with source-less but legal and freely licensed firmware
On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:57:07 +0200, Frank Küster <frank@debian.org> said:
> Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:09:50 +0200, Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>
>> said:
>>
>> > | 4. We give priority to the timely release of Etch over sorting
>> > every
-> | bit out; for this reason, we will treat removal of sourceless
>> + | bit out; for this reason, we will treat removal of non-free
>>
>>
>> This is a major concession. The proposal as it stands calls for
>> exceptions for sourceless firmware, not any non-free firmware which
>> we already have been pruning from the tree.
> Hm, according to
> http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/kernel/people/jurij/firmware-position-statement.txt?op=file&sc=1there
> are "Binary blobs violating DFSG for other reasons", and these
> should get an exception for etch. At least this seems to be the
> opinion of many members of the kernel-, d-i- and release-Teams.
I see this item (3):
,----
| This category includes firmware which contains obfuscated
| source, or is not allowed to be modified. While less numerous
| than category 2, removal of drivers in this category will also
| have a significant negative impact on our users.
`----
Obfuscated sources are again an assertion, in that they are
not the preferred form of modification; I'd defer the investigation
of that assertion to post etch.
Has anyone done a survey to see how many "do not modify" blobs
we are talking about here? I would like to see a narrow exception for
the do-not-modify blobs people feel are required for initial install,
rather than opening a blanket exception for the rest of the kernel a
well.
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/>
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