Obviously, consensus is that blobs were, and still are, essential for Linux's status as a popular commercially viable OS.
I'm wondering at the same time if they are considered a "necessary evil", and wonder if there would be support [1] to try to work together with vendors to free the firmware source as GKH did with RAlink to free/open their driver? Bearing in mind the immediate goal isn't to eliminate them altogether, but to reduce the number, especially for newer and more popular hardware. I say this because I believe that Debian, the Linux Foundation , and the FSF actually have many common goals, and we absolutely need to work to find common ground to continue to improve the status quo. I strongly believe the Debian community is in a good shape to contribute here, if we can focus on these goals. Thanks, Brian [1] - http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/ralink.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACFaiRw8zr==kvz329m1cmf8jnsb8ctc2ecf0a+wntg4o6d...@mail.gmail.com
