linux-libre - are we collaborating with them?

2013-03-26 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
[CC'ing kxra, who isn't subscribed, please keep kxra on CC] Heyya, Anyone play with the linux-libre[1] project? Does the kernel team know about this stuff? It seems like we're trying for the same sort of thing (100% free software kernel) Cheers, T [1]:

Re: linux-libre - are we collaborating with them?

2013-03-26 Thread Ana Guerrero
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 01:32:34PM -0400, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: [CC'ing kxra, who isn't subscribed, please keep kxra on CC] Heyya, Anyone play with the linux-libre[1] project? Does the kernel team know about this stuff? It seems like we're trying for the same sort of thing (100% free

Re: linux-libre - are we collaborating with them?

2013-03-26 Thread Kẏra
I think it would be great for Debian to put together a plan to eventually use the linux-libre kernel by default. If i understand correctly, the linux-libre kernel doesn't just remove proprietary blobs from the kernel, but also attempts to reverse-engineer them so that functionality isn't always

Re: linux-libre - are we collaborating with them?

2013-03-26 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 01:32:34PM -0400, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: [CC'ing kxra, who isn't subscribed, please keep kxra on CC] Heyya, Anyone play with the linux-libre[1] project? Does the kernel team know about this stuff? It seems like we're trying for the same sort of thing (100% free software

Re: linux-libre - are we collaborating with them?

2013-03-26 Thread Bastian Blank
[Cc ignored] On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 01:32:34PM -0400, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: Anyone play with the linux-libre[1] project? They are fanatic. Does the kernel team know about this stuff? Yes. See #484365. It seems like we're

Re: linux-libre - are we collaborating with them?

2013-03-26 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 02:52:37PM -0400, Kẏra wrote: I think it would be great for Debian to put together a plan to eventually use the linux-libre kernel by default. In an ideal world, we could run our computers using only free firmware. In the world as it is, all our computers run non-free