Hi! I heard of the "Stop the Blob" campaign led by allBSD [1] today. The FreeBSD logo is used in their flyer [2] which means that the FreeBSD Project is supporting the campaign. However FreeBSD uses binary blobs (even includes them in the source tree), notably those provided by Atheros and NVIDIA. Including third party code in the main tree of FreeBSD makes the project depend on the organization providing the software. On top of that there is a big security concern. The FreeBSD developers have absolutely no idea about how well and how secure the code provided by these companies is written. Not later than October last year a huge security hole was discovered in NVIDIA blob drivers permitting to acquire root privileges [3].
Would it be possible to clarify the position of the project regarding proprietary drivers? Best regards, Jona [1] http://www.allbsd.de/en/ [2] http://misc.allbsd.de/Kampagnen/NoBlob/NoBlob-en-Poster.jpg [3] http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/ -- "I am chaos. I am the substance from which your artists and scientists build rhythms. I am the spirit with which your children and clowns laugh in happy anarchy. I am chaos. I am alive, and tell you that you are free." Eris, Goddess Of Chaos, Discord & Confusion
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