Just out of curiosity: Why are there binaries in the Debian kernel ? What do they do ?
On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 21:09 -0500, Jay wrote: > Debian and Ubuntu kernels have non-free binary blobs in them. If you > use these distros, you have non-free software on your system. > > On 2/11/07, Guy Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Raghu Kodali wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 18:11 +0100, Max Moritz Sievers wrote: > >> Am Sonntag, 11. Februar 2007 17:52 schrieb Raghu Kodali: > >>> I am a Debian Etch user. I have only main in my > sources.list & I did > >>> not install anything from contrib etc. > >> Me, too. > >> > > > >>> Is there any compelling reason why I should be shifting to > gNS? > >> The Linux-packages in Debian GNU/Linux contain software > which can't be under > >> the GNU GPL. > > > > Like what? I thought that if I dont use anything from > contrib & use > > only main, I am safe from non free software. > > > > The software might not be under GPL but anything approved by > FSF as a > > free license. > > > > --Raghu > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gNewSense-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users > > > > As far as I know, the Linux kernel in Debain contains > binary-only > firmware, and in gNewSense it doesn't, as any of it which is > in Ubuntu > has been taken out. > > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
