Re: [Trisquel-users] amdgpu is considered "open source", but how is it considered worthy of deblobbing by the Linux Libre kernel?

[tegskywalker]

I've always wondered how Linus and the kernel team could get away from  
inserting closed off and non-free bits into a GPL kernel, which should make  
everything free due to the nature of the GPL. Does binary firmware somehow  
get a free pass because it's firmware and not traditional software?