On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:57:01 -0500 "J.B. Nicholson-Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kelly wrote: > > The file is licensed under the GPL. As such it is *free* software. > > Sadly it's not that simple. Apparently some programmers distribute > software under the GNU GPL without supplying the complete > corresponding source code for that software (Linux kernel drivers > with proprietary firmware, for instance). Proprietary software is > not free software, so in 100% free software operating systems (such > as gNewSense GNU/Linux) any non-free software must be removed. > > It takes careful analysis know whether a table of hex, for instance, > is non-free software or something innocuous such as a lookup table > that could have been computed instead. The latter wouldn't pose a > freedom problem but the former certainly would. > > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users That is a bummer. -- krp GnuPG Key ID: 0x7319B201 _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
