Re: [DRAFT] resolving DFSG violations
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 08:36:03PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
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> | 4. Our priorities are our users and free software
>
> | We will be guided by *the needs of our users* and the free software
> | community. We will place their interests *first in our priorities*. We
> | will support the needs of our users for operation in many different
> | kinds of computing environments. [...]
>
> Dropping support for already supported hardware more likely violate
> SC#4. Moving the firmware to /lib/firmware/ doesn't.
Which means that as per SC #4 you're welcome to package those firmware blobs
and provide them in the non-free repository.
Which, as per #1, is not part of Debian. What you're arguing is that #4 is
supposed to not only contradict #1, but additionally that this contradiction
implies that #1 is void.
--
Robert Millan
The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."
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