2008/5/29 Praveen A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/5/28 श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Hi, >> >> This topic has numerous aspects e.g. an open firmware allows to boost powers >> of wireless signals which violates FCC mandates and can cause problems. Other >> than burrying it in binary blob(worse than a hex dump), there is no other >> effective measure. > > There are vendors who provide completely Free drivers for their > wireless chips, so this point is moot. See > http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/net/wireless/cards.html for a list of > cards that has completely Free drivers. >> >> More importantly, tainted kernels are illegal and that is an accepted fact. >> Just that kernel developers don't go after every tainted kernel, does not >> make them any less legal. > > As Rahul already explained, it is illegal to distribute them, but > there is no restriction on you to taint or even burn the kernel as > long as you don't distribute it. You don't even have to agree to GPL > if you are never going to distribute your copy to someone else - do > whatever you want with your kernel (Freedom 0). GPL only puts > conditions on distribution (modified or otherwise). >
That's like indirectly saying Linux Kernel is not bound by any license!! Thank you for clarifying about the myth! :-) May we have a *toast*! Do we eat it or drink it? -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
