On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 08:36:03PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > | 4. Our priorities are our users and free software > > | We will be guided by *the needs of our users* and the free software > | community. We will place their interests *first in our priorities*. We > | will support the needs of our users for operation in many different > | kinds of computing environments. [...] > > Dropping support for already supported hardware more likely violate > SC#4. Moving the firmware to /lib/firmware/ doesn't.
Which means that as per SC #4 you're welcome to package those firmware blobs and provide them in the non-free repository. Which, as per #1, is not part of Debian. What you're arguing is that #4 is supposed to not only contradict #1, but additionally that this contradiction implies that #1 is void. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]