On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 05:38:07PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 01:28:35AM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [Steve Langasek] > > > That's an interesting point. Can you elaborate on how you see this > > > being a loophole, in a sense that having the firmware on a ROM > > > wouldn't also be? > > The day Debian begins to distribute ROM chips, or devices containing > > ROM chips, I will expect those chips to come with source code. Until > > then, this is a red herring. > > Note that while Peter is currently in the n-m queue (on hold pending > further response to T&S checks apparently), he's not yet a developer, > and his expectations shouldn't be inferred to be those of the developers > as a whole.
Interesting, is this why the discussion is on a public mailing list? Personally I am not a DD either nor am I in the NM queu, however I was always under the impression that my opinion as a users matters (and should matter IMHO) to Debian anyway. In contrast to Sven and Josselin I'm not going to blame you for doing this statement as DPL as your From: address did not say so. But otherwise I wholehartedly agree with them. As for the issue at hand here I must also agree with Peter and Sven: Debian doesn't distribute chips with non-free firmware currently. So if Debian wants to distribute non-free binary-only firmware I do hope it will do so in non-free and not in main. Floris -- Debian GNU/Linux -- The Power of Freedom www.debian.org | www.gnu.org | www.kernel.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
