Re: Bug#252323: Contains binary-only firmware (from Linux)

2004-06-03 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
Non-surprisingly, since gnumach borrowed drivers from linux it also borrowed binary-only firmware, which is non-free under DFSG. Drawing the conclusion that the firmware is non-free based on the fact that it is just a binary, is quite silly. Since it is quite possible that the binary _is_ t

Bug#252323: Contains binary-only firmware (from Linux)

2004-06-02 Thread Robert Millan
Package: gnumach Severity: serious Non-surprisingly, since gnumach borrowed drivers from linux it also borrowed binary-only firmware, which is non-free under DFSG. At least the following files are affected: linux/src/drivers/scsi/qlogicisp_asm.c I inspected the whole "linux" directory in gnum