On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 08:22:57PM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote: > On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Robert Millan wrote: > > > 4. We give priority to the timely release of Lenny over sorting every bit > > out; for this reason, we will treat removal of sourceless firmware as > > a > > best-effort process, and deliver firmware in udebs as long as it is > > necessary for installation (like all udebs), and firmware included in > > the kernel itself as part of Debian Lenny, as long as we are legally > > allowed to do so, and the firmware is distributed upstream under a > > license that complies with the DFSG. > > Sorry, I fail to parse this. You lost me somewhere around 'like all > udebs'. Could you please explain this in something that does not try to > compete with german sentences in length? :)
It's the same from http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_007 with s/Etch/Lenny/g. A decomposition would be: - We give priority to the timely release of Lenny over sorting every bit out - for this reason, we will - treat removal of sourceless firmware as a best-effort process *and* - deliver - firmware in udebs as long as it is necessary for installation (like all udebs) *and* - firmware included in the kernel itself as part of Debian Lenny as long as we are legally allowed to do so, and the firmware is distributed upstream under a license that complies with the DFSG. > (Also, isn't "we allow sourceless firmware ... as long as the license > complies with the DFSG" a no-op?) The license for a sourceless blob can be GPL or BSD, which are licenses that comply with the DFSG, or it could be any sort of non-free license (including lack of license). Of course, the code itself wouldn't comply with DFSG #2, but the license would. Anyway, this specific text is already tested and "known to work" so I think this proves it is solid :-) -- 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]
