On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 12:39:05AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > I'm not sure I can take the Debian kernel team seriously any more. > > http://wiki.debian.org/KernelFirmwareLicensing states, in part: > >Debian kernel team identifies the following three types of firmware, > >currently > >found in the Linux kernel: > > > >1. Sourceless binary blobs with no license, no explicit permission to > >redistribute, or > > an explicit prohibition to redistribute. > > > > This category currently includes the dabusb, dgrs, emi62, keyspan, smctr, > > cops, emi26, and 3c359 drivers. Removal of these drivers will have minimal > > impact on the users, as they are believed to be unpopular and not likely > > to > > be required during the installation. > .... > >It has been agreed within Debian kernel team, that the firmware in category 1 > >is not acceptable in Debian. It is the intention of the kernel team to prune > >the > >affected drivers from the upstream tarball. > > The most recent linux-source-2.6.22 contains the following files: > > drivers/media/video/dabfirmware.h > drivers/net/drgs_firmware.c > drivers/usb/misc/emi26_fw.h > drivers/usb/misc/emi62_fw_m.h > drivers/usb/misc/emi62_fw_s.h > drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_mpr_fw.h > drivers/usb/serial/keyspan_usa*_fw.h (11 files) > drivers/net/tokenring/smctr_firmware.h > drivers/net/appletalk/cops_ltdrv.h > drivers/net/appletalk/cops_ffdrv.h > drivers/net/tokenring/3c359_microcode.h > > In other words, *all* of the above drivers. It's even worse than that. Look > at the information about drgs: >
Hi, ... Given the way i was attacked when this issue came back last year, and the sabotaging of my effort to go in a right direction, and prepare a GR that could be used to build on and approach the hardware manufacturers, how do you expect anything to have changed ? Especially since i was expulsed from debian since then, and in general censored from all lists, and expulsed and shuned by the few remaining active kernel team members. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
