----- "Tux99" <tux99-...@uridium.org> wrote: > Quote: andr55 wrote on Fri, 25 March 2011 01:29 > > > My though was essentially that firmware is so close to hardware > that > > its > > actual free/non-free status shouldn't apply - we should treat it > like > > (almost) part of the hardware. > > I agree with that. After all nobody (apart from R. Stallmann) > questions the > fact that the BIOS of their PC is non-free or all the other firmware > or > microcode on various chips on the motherboard and on expansion cards > and > peripherals. > > Firmware belongs into 'core',
You mean, firmware which has an unrestricted distribution licence? > Nvidia/ATI drivers and the Flash plugin > belong into 'non-free'. Actually, for Flash, we need a redistribution license. Has someone contacted Adobe about this? Redistribution of Flash without a licence is prohibited[1]. We can apply for a licence to redistribute[2]. Regards, Buchan 1. http://www.adobe.com/products/players/fpsh_faq.html#section-1-5 2. http://www.adobe.com/go/fp_apply_dist