On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 02:46:21PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Huh? I'm not saying I pretend it isn't there. Do I want to modify > > the source code? No, because there's nothing I could do with it if I > > could. > > I had to modify my BIOS in order to get my laptop to work with my > wireless card. This would have been rather a lot easier if I'd had the > source code. > > > "If software of class X is distributed sometimes burned into hardware, > > then Debian should distribute other software of class X, even if it > > isn't free, for different hardware." > > I would say that "If software of class X is distributed sometimes burned > into hardware, then Debian distributing other software of class X would > not have a significant impact upon the rights of our users". As far as
I think that's a *very* slippery slope. Think embedded devices; a lot of them has the software on flash or even as ROMs. Would this software be acceptable in main just because it was available on ROM too? > freedom is concerned, both types are equivilently bad. The choice is > either: > 1) Distribute the non-free firmware. Our users are happy. Sure, as long as we distribute it in *non-free* where it belongs. [snip] Regards: David Weinehall -- /) David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /) Rime on my window (\ // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // Diamond-white roses of fire // \) http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ (/ Beautiful hoar-frost (/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
