Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >In cases where firmware is basically indistinguishable from hardware, >> >we treat it as hardware, and not as software. > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 12:27:09PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: >> Really? Which part of policy states this? > > Historical practice.
Historical practice allowed non-free material that wasn't code into main. We argued that this was not allowed under the social contract and the DFSG, and in the end people were forced to agree. I am now arguing that the social contract gives us no right to engage in this form of historical practice - given the current wording of the social contract, I think you'll find it difficult to argue otherwise. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
