[let's see if I can keep from screwing up the formatting on this one.] On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 04:26:59PM -0800, Ken Arromdee wrote: > I think the scenario "They moved the firmware from a chip to a CD, so we > can't distribute a driver any more" is ridiculous. Any attempt to modify > the rules to handle firmware should either fix that situation or > else *really* justify why that's desirable.
I agree. If there's hardware out there with the firmware preloaded, then the driver for that hardware should stay free, regardless of the existence of other hardware. -- Raul