Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Martin Michlmayr
Seconded. * Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-08-22 15:18]: The application of DFSG#2 to firmware and other data The Debian Project recognizes that access to source code for a work of software is very important for

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Steve Langasek] That's an interesting point. Can you elaborate on how you see this being a loophole, in a sense that having the firmware on a ROM wouldn't also be? The day Debian begins to distribute ROM chips, or devices containing ROM chips, I will expect those chips to come with source

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Isaac Clerencia
I second the proposal below. The application of DFSG#2 to firmware and other data The Debian Project recognizes that access to source code for a work of software is very important for software freedom, but at the same

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 01:12:25AM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: I would like to see some language to the effect that we make the exception for firmware only in the cases of data that use the moral equivalent of the kernel load_firmware interface, so that it's clear we aren't talking about the

calling firmware code data is not being honest with ourselves, includes counterproposal and RFC on a possible Amendment (Was: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 03:18:04PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: Hi folks, Ever since the sarge release, an ongoing question has been: what do the DFSG require for works that are not programs as previously understood in Debian? Several rounds of general resolutions have now given us answers

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Andreas Barth
* Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060823 00:18]: The application of DFSG#2 to firmware and other data The Debian Project recognizes that access to source code for a work of software is very important for software

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 05:38:07PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 01:28:35AM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: [Steve Langasek] That's an interesting point. Can you elaborate on how you see this being a loophole, in a sense that having the firmware on a ROM wouldn't

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-08-23 Thread Adrian von Bidder
2nd'd, also with Don's amendments. Note that the 'in consultation' bit is still in - it could be still clearer that the DPL may on his own take the decisions. But it's improved over the prev. version. cheers -- vbi On Tuesday 22 August 2006 18:46, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Enrico Zini
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 03:18:04PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: Hi Steve, I second most of the proposal, however: [...] THE DEBIAN PROJECT therefore, 1. reaffirms its dedication to providing a 100% free system to our users according to our Social Contract and the DFSG; and

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-08-23 Thread Kalle Kivimaa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [-project dropped] I second the proposal below. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, Yet another draft. There are major changes in this version, so I think we'll need to have people who seconded re-second the version that

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Martin Zobel-Helas
Hi, i second this proposal. On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 12:18:04AM CEST, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, Ever since the sarge release, an ongoing question has been: what do the DFSG require for works that are not programs as previously understood in Debian? Several rounds

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Martin Zobel-Helas
Hi, i second this proposal. (posted again, this time as signed eMail) On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 12:18:04AM CEST, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks, Ever since the sarge release, an ongoing question has been: what do the DFSG require for works that are not programs as

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 23 août 2006 à 09:48 +0100, Enrico Zini a écrit : 4. determines that for the purposes of DFSG #2, device firmware shall also not be considered a program. I'd personally prefer the 4th point to read: 4. determines that for the purposes of DFSG #2, device

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-08-23 Thread Anibal Monsalve Salazar
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 11:46:54AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Hi, Yet another draft. There are major changes in this version, so I think we'll need to have people who seconded re-second the version that comes out of this discussion. Seconded. Changes: + Clarify

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Aurelien Jarno
Josselin Mouette a écrit : Le mercredi 23 août 2006 à 09:48 +0100, Enrico Zini a écrit : 4. determines that for the purposes of DFSG #2, device firmware shall also not be considered a program. I'd personally prefer the 4th point to read: 4. determines that for the purposes

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Andreas Barth
* Enrico Zini ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060823 10:49]: On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 03:18:04PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: 4. determines that for the purposes of DFSG #2, device firmware shall also not be considered a program. I'd personally prefer the 4th point to read: 4.

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Pierre Habouzit
Le mer 23 août 2006 11:28, Aurelien Jarno a écrit : Josselin Mouette a écrit : Le mercredi 23 août 2006 à 09:48 +0100, Enrico Zini a écrit : 4. determines that for the purposes of DFSG #2, device firmware shall also not be considered a program. I'd personally prefer the 4th

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 05:38:07PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: Note that while Peter is currently in the n-m queue (on hold pending further response to TS checks apparently), he's not yet a developer, and his expectations shouldn't be inferred to be those of the developers as a whole.

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Andreas Barth
* Aurelien Jarno ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060823 11:28]: Josselin Mouette a écrit : Le mercredi 23 août 2006 à 09:48 +0100, Enrico Zini a écrit : 4. determines that for the purposes of DFSG #2, device firmware shall also not be considered a program. I'd personally prefer the 4th point to

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 23 août 2006 à 11:51 +0200, Andreas Barth a écrit : Also, we are currently converting firmware from the broken way (i.e. included inside the kernel) to a better way. I don't think that it is a good idea to make the requirements for the (technical and social) better implementation

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread p2
Though I understand your motivation, I prefer to have this GR executable (hm, is this the right word?), i.e. a text that has as few as possible disambiguties. If we say until it will become practical, anyone can jump up even next week to say now it is practical. I however want a statement

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 23 août 2006 à 19:19 +1000, Anthony Towns a écrit : If you believe a comment on a list has no merit, it's very easy to deal with it: just ignore it, and go on discussing the ideas that are worth discussing. Why would I do that, when you are taking the opposite way? When you believe

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Florian Weimer
* Steve Langasek: - The author's preferred form for modification may require non-free tools in order to be converted into its final binary form; e.g., some device firmware, videos, and graphics. I would prefer if the term firmware would be defined or at least explained in the GR.

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Matthew Garrett
Aurelien Jarno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a good proposition, as it does not allow firmwares already in non-free (eg madwifi) to go into main. Madwifi contains non-free code that runs inside the kernel on the host processor. Whatever the project's opinion on firmware, madwifi is

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 12:27:07PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: * Steve Langasek: - The author's preferred form for modification may require non-free tools in order to be converted into its final binary form; e.g., some device firmware, videos, and graphics. I would prefer if

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Nick Phillips
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Steve Langasek wrote: So, without further ado: The application of DFSG#2 to firmware and other data The Debian Project recognizes that access to source code for a work of software is very

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Martin Wuertele
* Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-08-23 00:18]: The application of DFSG#2 to firmware and other data The Debian Project recognizes that access to source code for a work of software is very important for software

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Loïc Minier
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006, Matthew Garrett wrote: This is a good proposition, as it does not allow firmwares already in non-free (eg madwifi) to go into main. Madwifi contains non-free code that runs inside the kernel on the host processor. Whatever the project's opinion on firmware, madwifi is

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Floris Bruynooghe
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 05:38:07PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 01:28:35AM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: [Steve Langasek] That's an interesting point. Can you elaborate on how you see this being a loophole, in a sense that having the firmware on a ROM wouldn't

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 07:19:24PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 05:38:07PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: Note that while Peter is currently in the n-m queue (on hold pending further response to TS checks apparently), he's not yet a developer, and his expectations

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 12:03:17PM +0200, Floris Bruynooghe wrote: On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 05:38:07PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: Note that while Peter is currently in the n-m queue (on hold pending further response to TS checks apparently), he's not yet a developer, and his expectations

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 12:32:46PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Well, the only one who could claim that his views have some representativity of the project as a whole is you, everyone else is just expressing his own opinion, be he a DD or a guy from NM or some random poster. Anyone can claim

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is freedom of software only important for the central processing unit, but immaterial for other processing usints? Who said it's not important? I believe it is, just that it's not a battle which should be pursued by Debian by not distributing sourceless

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A completely different issue is whether we take upstream's word for GPL compability, or if we claim that something is not redistributable because it contains a firmware blob *and* is licensed under the GPL as a whole. There is hardly a consensus on this, so I expect that

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data,?including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 23, 2006, Matthew Garrett wrote: This is a good proposition, as it does not allow firmwares already in non-free (eg madwifi) to go into main. Madwifi contains non-free code that runs inside the kernel on the host processor. Whatever the project's

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data,?including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I heavily disagree to this change. It makes the text unpredictable. I support your disagreement for the reasons you explained and also because separating the firmwares from the kernel would not solve the problem of making them available to Debian users. -- ciao, Marco

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Matthew Wilcox
Manoj wrote: Actually, I disagree, and, even worse, so does the common definition of the phrase computer program: asking google about define: computer program gives: , | * A computer program is a set of statements or instructions to be | used directly or indirectly in a

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Andreas Barth
* Loïc Minier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060823 13:37]: On Wed, Aug 23, 2006, Matthew Garrett wrote: This is a good proposition, as it does not allow firmwares already in non-free (eg madwifi) to go into main. Madwifi contains non-free code that runs inside the kernel on the host processor.

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 09:24:16PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 12:32:46PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Well, the only one who could claim that his views have some representativity of the project as a whole is you, everyone else is just expressing his own opinion, be he

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 09:35:30PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: I didn't say Peter's take didn't matter, because personally I consider it self-evident and unarguable that it does matter. The followup was only intended to make sure it was clear that it *was* Peter's take, and not necessarily the

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 02:11:39PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is freedom of software only important for the central processing unit, but immaterial for other processing usints? Who said it's not important? I believe it is, just that it's not a battle

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 06:08:08AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: Manoj wrote: Actually, I disagree, and, even worse, so does the common definition of the phrase computer program: asking google about define: computer program gives: , | * A computer program is a set of statements

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Aug 23, Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Indeed, but would it not make more sense, to aknowledge that the firmware is non-free, and then argue that we should include it nonetheless, instead of making obviously false claims like firmware are not programs ? Firmwares are not programs *for

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ever since the sarge release, an ongoing question has been: what do the DFSG require for works that are not programs as previously understood in Debian? Thank you for your proposal. While I was thinking about a different proposal (both wider and narrower in scope), I like

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Josselin Mouette [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060823 11:15]: Le mercredi 23 août 2006 à 09:48 +0100, Enrico Zini a écrit : 4. determines that for the purposes of DFSG #2, device firmware shall also not be considered a program. I'd personally prefer the 4th point to read:

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Jacobo Tarrio
El miércoles, 23 de agosto de 2006 a las 21:24:16 +1000, Anthony Towns escribía: We choose to apply the DFSG both to the components that the Debian system requires, and to what we use to provide debian.org services. It can be No, the DFSG are applied to what's provided by Debian, not to what

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Martin Schulze
Steve Langasek wrote: The application of DFSG#2 to firmware and other data The Debian Project recognizes that access to source code for a work of software is very important for software freedom, but at the same time

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Lars Wirzenius
ke, 2006-08-23 kello 10:30 +0200, Bas Zoetekouw kirjoitti: 3. supports the decision of the Release Team to require works such as images, video, and fonts to be licensed in compliance with the DFSG without requiring source code for these works under DFSG #2; and 4.

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 03:00:49PM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: * Josselin Mouette [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060823 11:15]: Le mercredi 23 août 2006 à 09:48 +0100, Enrico Zini a écrit : 4. determines that for the purposes of DFSG #2, device firmware shall also not be considered a

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 07:14:03AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 02:44:48PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 06:08:08AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: I think the key distinction (as far as I'm concerned) is that Debian isn't producing a distribution

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 02:44:48PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 06:08:08AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote: I think the key distinction (as far as I'm concerned) is that Debian isn't producing a distribution for the microcontroller in my fibrechannel card, it's producing a

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Matthew Garrett
Jacobo Tarrio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: El miércoles, 23 de agosto de 2006 a las 21:24:16 +1000, Anthony Towns escribía: We choose to apply the DFSG both to the components that the Debian system requires, and to what we use to provide debian.org services. It can be No, the DFSG are

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Jacobo Tarrio
El miércoles, 23 de agosto de 2006 a las 14:59:37 +0100, Matthew Garrett escribía: No, the DFSG are applied to what's provided by Debian, not to what it's required by it. The DFSG apply to The Debian system. The social contract doesn't define what The Debian system is. We could define it

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060823 15:24]: I'd rather suggest to give a direct hint in time. Like until etch releases, so that people wanting non-free firmware have to do the techical stuff and not the people wanting control over what their computer do. Notice that we already did

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Anthony Towns
Followups set to -vote; why are we cc'ing this across multiple lists? On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 03:01:52PM +0200, Jacobo Tarrio wrote: El mi?rcoles, 23 de agosto de 2006 a las 21:24:16 +1000, Anthony Towns escrib?a: We choose to apply the DFSG both to the components that the Debian system

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:11:39 +0200 (CEST), Marco d'Itri [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why is freedom of software only important for the central processing unit, but immaterial for other processing usints? Who said it's not important? I believe it is, just that it's not a

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:16:25 +0200, Raphael Hertzog [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hi Manoj, On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Manoj Srivastava wrote: So, unless otherwise stated, the foundation document terms refer to commonly understood meanings of words; looking to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and common

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:59:37 +0100, Matthew Garrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Jacobo Tarrio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: El miércoles, 23 de agosto de 2006 a las 21:24:16 +1000, Anthony Towns escribía: We choose to apply the DFSG both to the components that the Debian system requires, and to

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:38:07 +1000, Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au said: On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 01:28:35AM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: [Steve Langasek] That's an interesting point. Can you elaborate on how you see this being a loophole, in a sense that having the firmware on a

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:23:29 -0700, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 06:19:08PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:18:04 -0700, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hi folks, Ever since the sarge release, an ongoing question has been:

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Matthew Wilcox [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060823 15:46]: Certainly, it's one of the purposes. But I don't think we've *lost* anything by distributing binary firmware. Consider the cases: 1. Everything in hardware. You're not able to fix anything without a soldering iron ... and good luck to

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Matthew Garrett
Bernhard R. Link [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are giving a promise here, that with the stuff in our distribution you have the freedom to use it, to give it to others and to fix it. This means the missing of legal obstacles and the possibility to do so. For this discussion preferred form of

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Matthew Garrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060823 16:40]: We are giving a promise here, that with the stuff in our distribution you have the freedom to use it, to give it to others and to fix it. This means the missing of legal obstacles and the possibility to do so. For this discussion

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 03:40:49PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: Bernhard R. Link [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are giving a promise here, that with the stuff in our distribution you have the freedom to use it, to give it to others and to fix it. This means the missing of legal obstacles

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Pierre Habouzit
Le mer 23 août 2006 13:35, Anthony Towns a écrit : The followup was only intended to make sure it was clear that it *was* Peter's take, and not necessarily the project's, and that debate is still appropriate. d-vote@ is a discussion list, and nothing here that isn't a vote result can be

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Matthew Garrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060823 17:31]: If you can find a single hard drive on the market that doesn't contain some sort of firmware, I'll be greatly impressed. Or, for that matter, a vaguely modern processor. Let alone bootstrapping a system (LinuxBIOS will suffice for a very

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Moritz Muehlenhoff
In gmane.linux.debian.devel.vote, you wrote: It's my hope that this strikes a reasonable balance between respecting the views of individual developers and advancing a viable policy for the project so that we can move forward together on the goal of making each Debian release a first-class,

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Matthew Garrett
Bernhard R. Link [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Matthew Garrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060823 17:31]: If you can find a single hard drive on the market that doesn't contain some sort of firmware, I'll be greatly impressed. Or, for that matter, a vaguely modern processor. Let alone bootstrapping a

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Moritz Muehlenhoff
Bernhard R. Link wrote: 4. Determines that as a special exception to DFSG #2, source code for device firmware will not be required until we have the technical means to split them out in a convenient way for our users. I'd rather suggest to give a direct hint in time. Like until etch

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 05:18:03PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: OK, never saw that drives. But where is the problem with them. Works without needing any non-free stuff being put in the operating systems and people might be able to replace it. No good example. Wait. So by Non-free stuff

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 06:17:00PM +0200, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: Bernhard R. Link wrote: 4. Determines that as a special exception to DFSG #2, source code for device firmware will not be required until we have the technical means to split them out in a convenient way for our users.

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 01:37:21AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: (FWIW, non-free udeb support should finally be working properly as of next pulse) From the ftp archive architecture side, or from the internal d-i side, or both ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Matthew Garrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] [060823 18:18]: In case it was not clear I was discussing things where firmware is also loadable. Why? Because everything else has no relevancy to Debian at all. Several drivers load microcode to graphics chipsets on startup. But most of them still work

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Joey Hess
Anthony Towns wrote: If it makes sense, what are the major difficulties/inconveniences/whatever that were found in having this happen for etch, that will need to be addressed to achieve an etch+1 release that's both useful and convenient for both people who need/want non-free things, and those

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread MJ Ray
Matthew Garrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think it's reasonable to refuse to ship non-free code when there's actually a choice or when it's likely to provide an incentive to implement a free version. But right now, I don't see any evidence that refusing to ship non-free firmware will do anything

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 03:18:04PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: THE DEBIAN PROJECT therefore, 1. reaffirms its dedication to providing a 100% free system to our users according to our Social Contract and the DFSG; and 2. encourages authors of all works to make those works

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 07:25:10PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: Matthew Garrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think it's reasonable to refuse to ship non-free code when there's actually a choice or when it's likely to provide an incentive to implement a free version. But right now, I don't see any evidence

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Matthew Garrett
MJ Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, I'm undecided whether it's a good idea to exclude them from the distribution CDs and so on. How big is the problem of vital hardware which won't work without firmware being copied to it? Should we split non-free into non-free-hardware and

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Martin Schulze
Sven Luther wrote: What Steve and others who seconded him propose is to ship non-free firmware in main, and declaring it as data, and thus disguising it as free software. I guess that's a good statement, it's disquising firmware, not necessarily as Free Software, but disguising it. We should

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Joey Hess
Joey Hess wrote: . Ship a separate non-free CD. iv 5. Implementing anything in 5 is a lot of work. Implementing it all 4 will be pretty atrocious. My guess is still 6 months of solid work to implent a credible subset of 5, just like it has

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 02:41:22PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Si, am I silly and alone in thinking that firmware is binary computer programs? Let us ask google to define: firmware: You are silly in pretending that the DFSG and the widely shared consensus among developers always

Re: calling firmware code data is not being honest with ourselves, includes counterproposal and RFC on a possible Amendment (Was: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firm

2006-08-23 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 09:09:31AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: As i have warned you on irc, when you first asked the kernel team about this GR, i think that the whole reasoning you propose is flawed, based on patently wrong assumptions. There is no way you can just decide that firmware is not

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 10:30:33AM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: You wrote: 3. supports the decision of the Release Team to require works such as images, video, and fonts to be licensed in compliance with the DFSG without requiring source code for these works under DFSG #2; and

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 09:15:12AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:23:29 -0700, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: aren't software. So if firmware was already supposed to be covered under the DFSG, how is this reconciled with the fact that no one ever worried

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Sven Luther] To add to that, if i where Peter, i may feel slightly offended by the tone of your reply as well as the content of it. I wasn't offended. AJ's tone wasn't derogatory - he made some observations and offered some advice. He's quite right that my views are not those of a

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Mike Hommey
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 01:38:41PM -0700, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 02:41:22PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Si, am I silly and alone in thinking that firmware is binary computer programs? Let us ask google to define: firmware: You are silly in

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Enrico, On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 09:48:18AM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote: I second most of the proposal, however: [...] THE DEBIAN PROJECT therefore, 1. reaffirms its dedication to providing a 100% free system to our users according to our Social Contract and the DFSG; and

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Florian, On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 12:27:07PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: * Steve Langasek: - The author's preferred form for modification may require non-free tools in order to be converted into its final binary form; e.g., some device firmware, videos, and graphics. I

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 02:57:54PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: 4. determines that for the purposes of DFSG #2, device firmware shall also not be considered a program. I have some problems, publically saying that binary firmware blobs that most probably contain a lot of small

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-23 Thread p2
Hi, I'd actually see some restriction with regard to interoperability (i.e. some reasonably documented interface between the firmware and the driver code), but getting this right is likely not worth the effort. Hmm, I'm not sure what that would look like at all; as someone else noted,