On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Brett Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Just FYI: the "Software blacklist" page title on the wiki was starting > to worry me, just because it's kind of unspecific. I was concerned that > people might misunderstand what we were really saying about the > software. So, in the spirit of Wikipedia, I gave it a nice, long, > super-precise name: > > http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines
Small problem - I think the bcm-utility packages may actually need to be removed, or at least expanded. Most distro's only ship the fwcutter but this is part of a bigger source package with a number of tools including a compiler/decompiler for broadcom firmware and such. The main reason I point this out is that these additional utilities have a major use outside of installing non-free firmware, specifically they are needed to build the free reverse-engineered firmware for the same cards. Having the fwcutter in a package that is actually installed to get those other tools so you can build the free firmware is certainly a valid things for a free distro. Ciao A.j. -- A.J. Venter Founder and lead developer, Kongoni GNU/Linux www.kongoni.co.za www.silentcoder.co.za - Blog
