On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 07:51:39AM +0100, Harald Arnesen wrote:
> [email protected] [2017-11-11 04:44]:
> > On 11/10/2017 06:21 PM, KatolaZ wrote:
> 
> >> Then replacing your video card might be the only option.
> 
> > Replace with what? I bought this one as wikipedia says there is a free 
> > firmware option for it "radeon" - to me that means no blobs required but 
> > I guess "they" changed the definition.
> 
> Does it really make the card more "free" if the binary blob is built-in
> instead of being loaded at runtime?

Somehow, RMS believes so.

The only argument against loadable blobs I've heard is that the manufacturer
can replace it with something more evil.  But that's nonsense as you can
keep an older version.  And in most cases, a new version fixes bugs, often
crippling ones.


Meow!
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