On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 10:33:40AM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I must confess I do not see it that way. I think of Debian as > > distriuting softwware that runs on a platform, this platform consists > > of hardware, and, perhaps, associated software burned into > > ROM/flash. We do not distribute the hardware, and the user arranges > > for control to be transferred to Debian on power on. > > > > I, thus, draw a line between what runs above this line, and > > things that run below, that existed before Debian started running. > > As you say, there is a line to be drawn, and where that line gets drawn > is fairly subjective. I'd prefer to draw the line at a point that > results in consistent provision of freedom - if the availability of free > firmware is a worthwhile thing, then I think we ought to want it in the > "firmware in flash" case too. On the other hand, if our users don't need > free firmware when it's in flash, why do they need it when it's on disk?
That's the question that I see unanswered. Is the first motivation of banning non-free firmware from main to allow distribution consistent with DFSG or is it because we want to promote free firmware (if realistic) ? Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
