Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-20 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 03:50:07PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 09:00:02AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > > Whether loaded by the kernel or present on the chip, we have > > > promised that works without source code will not be dist

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-20 Thread Ben Finney
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It appears what you don't understand is what the DFSG actually says, > since you're playing word substitution games with the text. An accusation that could easily be made from many contradictory positions. The DFSG is not unambiguous in its wording, wh

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-20 Thread Ben Finney
[apologies for the poorly edited previous post, it was sent accidentally.] Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It appears what you don't understand is what the DFSG actually says, > since you're playing word substitution games with the text. An accusation that could easily be made from

Re: call for seconds: on firmware

2008-11-20 Thread Ben Finney
Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Fortunately, in the case of programmatic works and DFSG ยง2, the Debian > project has *already* voted on the interperatation and decided > http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_004> that the requirement > for source code applies to all programmatic works in D