Re: One non-DD's thoughts on dfsg-freeness and firmware

2006-08-27 Thread Felipe Sateler
Marco d'Itri wrote: > So you clearly show to not understand the issue: almost every piece of > hardware uses a non-free firmware. Either uploaded after power-on or > semi-permanently stored on it. But then again, Debian doesn't ship that hardware. -- Felipe Sateler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: One non-DD's thoughts on dfsg-freeness and firmware

2006-08-27 Thread Michael Banck
On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 11:09:39PM -0400, Daniel Dickinson wrote: > I know previously I said I thought that firmware didn't matter for > freeness, but I've been convinced by the arguments here that I was > wrong. Anyway, what I really wanted to say is [...] I don't think this is on-topic on debia

Re: One non-DD's thoughts on dfsg-freeness and firmware

2006-08-27 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Aug 27, Daniel Dickinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know previously I said I thought that firmware didn't matter for > freeness, but I've been convinced by the arguments here that I was > wrong. Anyway, what I really wanted to say is that as a user (who > hopes to get time to contribute, m