On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:21:26 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 12/10/08 16:10, Celejar wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:05:26 -0600 > > "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Wednesday 2008 December 10 15:15:56 lee wrote: > >>> what's the difference between a standard kernel and a kernel that > >>> comes as a Debian package? > >> The Debian kernel has some non-free (as in: source not available) parts > >> removed. There are also Debian-specific patches added. > > > > The vanilla kernel has non-free stuff in it? I thought it's all GPL. > > Some drivers have firmware blobs encoded in them as really long byte > arrays. They are de jure GPL, but, practically, are closed source. And Debian removes these, even thought they're technically GPL? Any examples? > Ron Johnson, Jr. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
