On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 08:58:40PM +0100, Reyk Floeter wrote: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 12:57:24PM -0500, Steve Shockley wrote: > > He's referring to firmware binaries, not software that runs on the host > > machine's processor. Browse around under: > > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/microcode/ > > > > For example, the Atmel radio firmware's license is compatible with the > > BSD license, but incompatible with the GPL because it can be > > redistributed as object code only. > > > > [...] > > anyway, i'm clearly against binary blobs in the kernel, and in > contrast to most of the GNU/Linux dudes i _did_ some against it by > writing ar5k, instead of pointing into the wrong direction. this open > firmware discussion is just a joke to make the relevant discussion, > binary blobs in the OS kernel, irrelevant. >
... and oddly enough it is the most activist of the _GNU_/Linux dudes who did not care enough about your efforts in ar5k to raise his voice for the freedom of software and yet feels the urge to teach us all a lesson about the true meaning of free software. Gilles
