On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Josh Triplett wrote: > If the firmware we have packaged in non-free comes standard on the > device, then the driver does not need a copy of the firmware, so it does > not have a dependency on it.
Hm? The driver does need a copy of the firmware. It needs a copy that is present on the device. > Otherwise, we end up in the absurd situation in which if the non-free > item becomes distributable (slightly less non-free) and someone packages > it in non-free, such that the driver can then properly express its > dependencies, the driver suddenly needs to go to contrib. And of course there's the absurd situation where a manufacturer decides to move firmware from a device from a ROM to a CD and Debian suddenly cannot provide a driver for it....
