On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 02:57:06PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the linux-2.6 package: > > #242866: linux-2.6: [legal] the current kernel tarball doesn't respect the GR > 2006-007 > > It has been closed by maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. > If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a > better one in a separate message then please contact maximilian attems > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> by > replying to this email. > > > -- > 242866: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=242866 > Debian Bug Tracking System > Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] with problems
> Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 16:44:56 +0200 > From: maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: drivers containing firmware blobs > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Version: 2.6.24-1 > > The Debian Kernel Team is guilty of uploading a disjointed kernel. For the > record Bastian Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> coded the infrastructure for the > stripping and the stripping itself. The FTP masters threatened to block > any future Linux uploads or alternatively would launch an NMU (non > maintainer upload) stripping the affected drivers. So, the firmware have been removed and the kernel is now conformant to the decision of the developpers, expressed in the GR ? Or conformant to the stretched interpretation the Release Managers held back then in order to not lose face ? > I very strongly disagreed with that decision, but the Debian Developer > made their position clear in the General Resolution 2006-007, which is No, the Debian Developers where mislead and the vote was manipulated, so that it doesn't represent the true opinion of the DDs. Most of them voted because they where sick of the flamewars, and didn't really look at the content of the GR. > binding for us. In the long run it might be a win for Free Software - > history will tell. In the short term this is an annoyance for existing > hardware driver support. > > As expected none of the vocal minority, aka Mr. Nerode and Mr. Doolittle, Don't forget Manoj, who threatened to fork the kernel package if we didn't remove the non-free firmware. > demanding DFSG freeness helped to work out this transition nor to cleanup > the created mess. The stripping presents an additional maintenance burden. > But I'm sick of the arguments. Rather then fighting I'd like to see people > working together to make things work, both on the licensing side > (BSD firmware) and on the code side (firmware_request()), neither is easy. I proposed to help do this myself, and had a hard time pushing a conciliatory position which would satisfy everyone, but with the result that we know. Too sad. Hopefully you can someday forget the past, and we can again work together on this and other debian stuff. > I'm thus closing the bug reports regarding firmware blobs and pointing the > reporters to the following wiki page in order to finaly help a bit > -> http://wiki.debian.org/KernelFirmwareLicensing > Possible DFSG violations in current and future linux-2.6 uploads should be > filed seperately. Why was it not closed in the kernel upload which resolved all issues mentioned in that GR ? I disagree about this bug being closed if the issue has not been fixed. Sadly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
