equating firmwares with blobs is an RMS-thing, it enables him to destroy the good by comparing it to the perfect Firmware runs on the hardware, not in the kernel.
On Jan 7, 2008 1:31 PM, Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This has been discussed many times > and it shouldn't take long for you or your minions to find out that we > do not > care about the source of firmware which doesn't load into OpenBSD. > > The people who do searches for me are helpful volunteers. I can ask > them to look for something, but I try not to impose on them if there > is an easier way. For a question about OpenBSD policies, it is better > for me to ask this list for the answer, than to ask someone else to > hunt for the answer. > > Thanks for stating the policy. > > If I understand that correctly, it means that OpenBSD does distribute > binary-only firmware, which isn't free. This would be a second reason > why I should not endorse OpenBSD. The systems I endorse try to > exclude such firmware.
