Re: New position statement on firmware

2009-04-13 Thread maximilian attems
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 07:21:02PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 11:31 -0600, dann frazier wrote: > [...] > > > It is the intention of the kernel team to: > > > > This sounds more like a "plan" instead of a position statement. imo, a > > position statement should be more alon

Re: New position statement on firmware

2009-04-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 11:31 -0600, dann frazier wrote: [...] > > It is the intention of the kernel team to: > > This sounds more like a "plan" instead of a position statement. imo, a > position statement should be more along the lines of what we will > permit and what we won't, as opposed to what

Re: New position statement on firmware

2009-04-13 Thread dann frazier
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 05:53:22PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > The current text at is: > > > Debian kernel team identifies the following three types of firmware, > > currently > > found in the Linux kernel: > > 1. Sourceless binary blobs with no

New position statement on firmware

2009-04-13 Thread Ben Hutchings
The current text at is: > Debian kernel team identifies the following three types of firmware, currently > found in the Linux kernel: > 1. Sourceless binary blobs with no license, no explicit permission to > redistribute, or >an explicit prohib