[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Firmwares do not run on the host CPU (they are /data/ for the host >> system) >Ah. You seem to be labouring under the misconception that non-program >data files aren't subject to the same rules for inclusion in main as >executable programs. That's an incorrect assumption. No, I'm not. We are not discussing distribution of firmwares.
>A program that requires a non-free data file to run -- be it a firmware >blob, a graphics image, or some other beast altogether -- depends on >that file and thus belongs in contrib. Drivers do not require firmwares, hardware devices require firmwares. -- ciao, Marco