On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 02:12:20PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > That's the question that I see unanswered. Is the first motivation of > > banning > > non-free firmware from main to allow distribution consistent with DFSG > > or is it because we want to promote free firmware (if realistic) ? > > I think you're looking at the wrong question here. The recent GR is a > clear statement that under our current policies, non-free firmware should not > be included in main. Much of the firmware we're talking about also isn't > even redistributable, let alone free. The current point of discussion is, > what should happen to the *drivers* that require such firmware to be loaded > from disk before they're operational? The wording in the social contract > here is much more ambiguous, and allows us latitude in deciding where to > draw the line for creating a system that doesn't "depend" on non-free > software.
Thanks for claryfying. It does answer my question (and indeed, it is none of the 2 options I suggested). Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]