El 14 de agosto de 2009 18:33, Rubén Rodríguez Pérez <ru...@gnu.org>escribió:
Hola Ruben. There is an ongoing discussion at the FSFLA and SolAR lists[1] to decide > if the ability of the linux kernel to request non-free firmware should > be removed or changed, if the whole drivers should be deleted, or if it > is enough to remove the offending firmware files and discourage its use. > > As this issue affects all distros, and the conversation was also > generating some complaints from the list administrators, I'd like to > start a new thread here. > > I'll try to summarize the ideas in a neutral way: > > -Linux includes some -GPL'd- modules that load firmware files into the > devices. Most of that files are non free, and most of them are required > to get the device working. All the free distros exclude that files. > > -Older linux-libre versions -still in use in several distros- remove the > non-free blobs embedded in .c and .h files. External non free firmware > files are also deleted. Other cleaned linux versions work this way. > > -Newest linux-libre versions remove not only the embedded blobs, but > also the ability of the modules to request non-free firmware files.[2] > > The questions that came from that include: > > -Is enough to remove the non-free firmware files from the distro and > discourage its use? > > -Should GPL modules that are useless without the non-free firmware files > be removed? > > -Should they be kept, but disabling the file load call? > > -What is enough to comply with the Guidelines for Free System > Distributions? [3] > > Note that this issue was already discussed in January by Richard > Stallman, Alexandre Oliva et. al. at the linux-libre lists[4], leading > Alexandre to implement one of the discussed solutions in the linux-libre > deblobber. Other solutions are possible, so this new thread should focus > on what is _enough_ to achieve a fully free kernel. > > 1: > http://lists.ourproject.org/pipermail/solar-general/2009-August/ > http://www.fsfla.org/pipermail/discusion/2009-August/ > > 2: > http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/#2009-03-21 - gen2 - > 2.6.28-libre1 released at > [[http://www.fsf.org/associate/meetings/2009/|<http://www.fsf.org/associate/meetings/2009/%7C> > Libre Planet 2009]] > > 3: > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html > > 4: > http://www.fsfla.org/pipermail/linux-libre/2009-January/thread.html > > > Pienso que los kernels deben de seguir preparandose como estos últimos que estamos usando. Si son libres ¡han de ser libres!. El usuario debe de comprender qué se pretende con esta filosofía, sino que use otras distros que usen los no libres... Eso es lo que yo pienso. Saludos. -- José A. González Siempre Linux.
