Re: [PROPOSAL] Final consensual proposal for the problematic firmware issue in the linux kernel sources.
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006, Sven Luther wrote:
> Well, we all know it is sourceless GPLed firmware, and we chose just
> to say the contrary, because it is convenient to us.
If we know[1] a work is a sourceless GPLed work, then we cannot
distribute it *at* *all*. Doing otherwise is wholly inappropriate, GR
or no GR, and opens up us and our mirror operators to a whole scope of
liability that they should not be facing.
Don Armstrong
1: We can argue about whether we actually "know" or "suspect" or
"feel", but once it's clear, there's no other choice. I'd personally
argue to be on the cautious side unless a copyright holder tells us
that we're distributing what they actually use the modify the work,
but that's just because I want Debian to continue to exist even in the
face of insane copyright holders.
--
A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very
easy to govern. It demands no social reforms. It does not haggle over
expenditures on armaments and military equipment. It pays without
discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the
syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors
are an abundant source of gain.
-- Anatole France
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