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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Cc: alexander@××××××.net, "Hanno Böck" <hanno@g.o>, hasufell@g.o, licenses@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: changing the default of ACCEPT_LICENSE in portage
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 22:15:33
Message-Id: 20130727001534.2532c456@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-project] Re: changing the default of ACCEPT_LICENSE in portage by Alexander Berntsen
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4 Dnia 2013-07-26, o godz. 20:44:46
5 Alexander Berntsen <alexander@××××××.net> napisał(a):
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10 > On 26/07/13 18:48, Hanno Böck wrote:
11 > >> Another more practical reason that needs consideration: Kernels.
12 > >> Currently, the default kernel.org-sources ship binary firmwares
13 > >> with unclear and mixed licenses. They are definitely nonfree.
14 > >> Gentoo sources also does (although it has a useflag to remove
15 > >> them). I don't really know how many people will be affected if we
16 > >> ship a blob-free kernel as the default. Same goes for
17 > >> linux-firmwares, which is required for a bunch of hardware.
18 > >> Especially wlan-cards hardly work without a binary firmware
19 > >> blob.
20 > Let's bring back libre-sources as a package. GNU already deblobs
21 > Linux, so why should I have to do it myself every time. Another
22 > argument is that deblobbing is very time consuming, particularly for
23 > older hardware. I had a Lemote Yeelong on for three days deblobbing.
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25 proxy-maint is waiting for you.
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28 Best regards,
29 Michał Górny
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