Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, if you need the non-free component to be on the file > system, why is this different from contrib? Why can't say of > everything in contrib that well, if the non-free jvm were to > magically appear on the file system this java code would work? Or any > other non-free stuff that needs to be on the fs?
The requirement for the non-free component exists, even if it isn't on the filesystem. What philosophical benefit is there to distinguishing between non-free code in a chip on a device and non-free code that exists on the filesystem but is executed on that device? How is the cause of free software advanced? How is the experience of our users improved? -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED]