Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 06:14:08PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> Where people buy their hardware or how free their hardware is has >> >> little to do with Debian main. It is a problem for the linux upostream >> >> authors to support the hardware with free source code and sometimes >> >> they fail. >> > >> > Indeed. but when you mention GPL violation, it means that you are not >> > allowed >> > to distribute the whole linux kernel, even in non-free. >> >> Hence the need to fix them. > > Indeed, and this was done for tg3/broadcom, and the qlsomething ones. Those > files are now correctly licenced, but are still non-free, and it is this > second issue that we are discussing here.
And actualy just recently the first one was uploaded to non-free including udebs: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-non-free/ Now the DAK must be configured to create a dists/sid/non-free/debian-installer/ subdir and index files for the udebs. But I feel we are already one step closer to the goal. Step 1: Create non-free udebs. *checked* Step 2: Add DAK config *waiting for ftp-masters* Step 3: Add D-I support >> You can always write patches and send them to the BTS. If you fear >> retribution by Frans then go that way and get a fellow kernel team >> member to commit the changes. I feel for you and know that that is >> awkward but that is how it is currently. If your desire to help is >> greater than the obstacles then stick with it. > > I will only go this way so far, but someday, i will fork d-i, and declare them > obsolet, and do my stuff as i see fit, and let them the hurdle to catch up if > they like. > > Friendly, > > Sven Luther Luckily Debian is about free software so you can do that. But please just do and not repeat the story and fork thread over and over. Even I get sick of it and I liked you when we happened to meet in person. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]