Nick Guenther wrote:
From what I have heard, OpenBSD does not contain non-free software
(though I am not sure whether it contains any non-free firmware
blobs).
Um, OpenBSD is the only common OS that is actively against blobs. See
http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#39
We're on the same side here.
He's referring to firmware binaries, not software that runs on the host
machine's processor. Browse around under:
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/microcode/
For example, the Atmel radio firmware's license is compatible with the
BSD license, but incompatible with the GPL because it can be
redistributed as object code only.
