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Bug#239952: Summary: binary firmware in the kernel
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| Adrian Bunk 2004-04-01, 10:35 pm |
| Let me try to summarize the different opinions in this thread:
1. a 300 kB binary firmware is DFSG-free
2. binary firmware must go to non-free
this implies that the installer will no longer be able to install Debian
on several computers
3. acknowledge that binary firmware is required, and make an
exception for it
Please correct me if an important opinion is missing.
If there was a working Technical Committee in Debian (similar to the
gcc Steering Committee), they could decide on such an issue.
A GR is perhaps too big for this issue.
I asked the DPL (recorded in #240542) who would be responsible to decide
in such a situation, but I have yet to hear an answer.
The typical Debian solution would be to implement opinion 3 via
downgrading the bug or a "sarge-ignore" tag by the release manager or
one of his assistants.
cu
Adrian
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| Andreas Barth 2004-04-02, 3:37 am |
| * Adrian Bunk (bunk@fs.tum.de) [040402 05:25]:
> 1. a 300 kB binary firmware is DFSG-free
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> 2. binary firmware must go to non-free
> this implies that the installer will no longer be able to install Debian
> on several computers
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> 3. acknowledge that binary firmware is required, and make an
> exception for it
4. binary firmware must go to non-free, but we make an exception to it
for sarge (as for GFDL-docu).
Cheers,
Andi
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