Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6028746-2.html?tag=st.next > > Moglen: > > I would distinguish the blobs from the proprietary drivers in the > kernel. If the kernel's terms were unambiguously GPL, which they are > apparently not, (proprietary drivers) would be forbidden. The > blobs--though they are ethically objectionable to the Free Software > Foundation, which believes that users ought to know what's running--are > different because they are separate works when executed running in > separate computers. From the point of view of the GPL work called the > Linux kernel, they're just data.
Exactly what I've always been saying. Call them non-free if you will, but don't get it mixed up with the GPL. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
