In gmane.linux.debian.devel.vote, Peter Palfrader wrote:
>
> I'm hereby proposing the following general resolution:
>
>| Firmware is data such as microcode or lookup tables that is loaded into
>| hardware components in order to make the component function properly.
>| It is not code that is run on the host CPU.
>|
>| Unfortunately such firmware often is distributed as so-called blobs,
>| with no source or further documentation that lets us learn how it works
>| or interacts with the hardware in question. By excluding such firmware
>| from Debian we exclude users that require such devices from installing
>| our operating system, or make it unnecessarily hard for them.
>|
>| Therefore the Debian project resolves that
>| a) firmware in Debian does not have to come with source. While we do
>| prefer firmware that comes with source and documentation we will not
>| require it,
>| b) we however do require all other freedoms that the DFSG mandate from
>| components of our operating system, and
>| c) such firmware can and should be part of our official installation media.
I second that.
Cheers,
Moritz
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