Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262463AbVDGNaO (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:30:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262467AbVDGNaO (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:30:14 -0400 Received: from mxsf13.cluster1.charter.net ([209.225.28.213]:31878 "EHLO mxsf13.cluster1.charter.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262463AbVDGNaI (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:30:08 -0400 X-Ironport-AV: i="3.92,84,1112587200"; d="scan'208"; a="971268748:sNHT34430648" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16981.13789.837394.883476@smtp.charter.net> Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:30:05 -0400 From: "John Stoffel" To: linux-os@analogic.com Cc: Humberto Massa , David Schmitt , debian-kernel@lists.debian.org, debian-legal@lists.debian.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acenic@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice. In-Reply-To: References: <4255278E.4000303@almg.gov.br> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 21.2.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 815 Lines: 20 >>>>> "Richard" == Richard B Johnson writes: Richard> Last time I checked, GPL was about SOFTware, not FIRMware, Richard> and not MICROcode. Oh be real, there's no real difference between them and you know it. It's all about where the bits are stored and what they tend to do in a system design that makes the difference. This entire arguement is meaningless until someone posts the patches to move firmware out of the kernel, and until I see that, it's not worth re-hashing. And no, I don't have the time or knowledge to do this. John - 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/