Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262350AbVDGBJK (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Apr 2005 21:09:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262364AbVDGBJK (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Apr 2005 21:09:10 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:48771 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262350AbVDGBJH (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Apr 2005 21:09:07 -0400 Subject: Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice. From: Alan Cox To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Sven Luther , Matthew Wilcox , Greg KH , Michael Poole , debian-legal@lists.debian.org, debian-kernel@lists.debian.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Jes Sorensen , linux-acenic@sunsite.dk In-Reply-To: <4251A7E8.6050200@pobox.com> References: <20050404100929.GA23921@pegasos> <87ekdq1xlp.fsf@sanosuke.troilus.org> <20050404141647.GA28649@pegasos> <20050404175130.GA11257@kroah.com> <20050404183909.GI18349@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <42519BCB.2030307@pobox.com> <20050404202706.GB3140@pegasos> <4251A7E8.6050200@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1112835939.5835.70.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 02:05:42 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 578 Lines: 16 On Llu, 2005-04-04 at 21:47, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Bluntly, Debian is being a pain in the ass ;-) > > There will always be non-free firmware to deal with, for key hardware. Firmware being seperate does make a lot of sense. It isn't going away but it doesn't generally belong in kernel now we have initrd and firmware loaders. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/