[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I realize that hardware includes non-free firmware in rom, but I think >that observation misses the point. Firmware in rom isn't being^M >distributed by the debian project. The first problem I see with debian The good old "what I don't see cannot hurt me" argument.
>and non-free firmware is the question of provenance; where did it come >from? If it is extracted from a windows driver then legally it is a >potential landmine as it there is no permission even to distribute. This applies to *anything* we distribute. If you have serious reasons to believe that we are distributing something illegally then you are supposed to warn the maintainers responsible for it and/or the ftpmasters. If you don't, then please stop spreading FUD. >The second problem I see is that if it is part of main, the debian >project is claiming it is dfsg-free, which is most often not the case. Free is what we define to be free. -- ciao, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]