On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 01:45:01PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco d'Itri) writes: > > > On Dec 11, Goswin von Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Your case of hardware wich already includes firmware is totaly > > > irelevant since Debian does not distributes hardware, does not even > > > stand for free hardware nor do debs have to depend on hardware. > > > And why it should be different if that firmware is distributed by the > > manufacturer on a CD instead of a flash EPROM chip? > > Because in that case the manufacturer is hurting the user by not > providing source, and we are against that.
?! Read that back to yourself and see if it makes sense. > The case where the manufacturer hurts the user by hardwiring the > program into an EPROM is also bad, but Debian is not here to work > against that. It's just the same. In both cases, the manufacturer has provided the firmware, without source, but the driver requires it. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
