On Sun, 2 Jul 2017 at 17:51:48 -0700 Rick Moen <r...@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> Quoting Alessandro Selli (alessandrose...@linux.com): > >> It cannot work if what you need to do is feeding the HD controller some >> proprietary firmware that cannot legally be embedded in the GPL driver. > > ITYM that the resulting derivative work cannot be lawfully > redistributed. But compiling the driver does not redistribute it. Devuan in a public, general-purpose distribution, not an OS tailored to the specific environment of a single individual's HW/layout. > (I'm not necessarily endorsing your view about proprietary firmware. It's not *my* view, it's the law, it's the real world out there. > I'm just pointing out that your conclusion doesn't follow from the > premise.) They are not *my* conclusions, they are real-world issues. The fact they never impacted your operations does not make them neither inexistant nor irrelevant. If you disagree, kindly point out what other method is available that allows a kernel to lawfully feed a controlelr a firmware before mounting the root FS. -- Alessandro Selli http://alessandro.route-add.net VOIP SIP: dhatarat...@ekiga.net Chiavi PGP/GPG keys: B7FD89FD, 4A904FD9 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
