Re: [Trisquel-users] Ralink drivers under GPL license but still considered non-free?

[tegskywalker]

That is really misleading. They should be clearer by either making the  
firmware and drivers both GPL or both proprietary to avoid confusion. From my  
point of view, it seems like they are saying "hey look guys we support open  
source" to give the impression that they are a forward thinking tech company  
when they don't even fully understand the GPL licence. Maybe it is a language  
and culture barrier since they are out of Taiwan or simply they know they  
aren't totally open and hope we play along anyways. Can never tell with  
corporations.

Its like they are wasting their time releasing their drivers under GPL when  
their overall product doesn't support the complete free software package  
because those who support the GPL license know it is still non-free by having  
it on their system. Its a shame considering how popular this chipset is.