[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) writes: >> differently depending on the presence of additional software -- the >> kernel, for example, or the firmware. > I'm not doing this either.
Great. Then the driver operates differently depending on the presence of additional software -- it needs a Linux kernel and the firmware. Without either of those, it does not operate. This is a dependency. Dependency on non-free software keeps a package out of main. The firmware is non-free, so off it goes. If the driver could operate some hardware without that software -- say, because the operation of that firmware was embodied in the hardware -- then it could go in main. -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]