Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] Add deblob support only for python3

[Michał Górny]

Dnia July 24, 2021 4:52:28 PM UTC, Alice <alicef@g.o> napisał(a):
>On 7/24/21 3:30 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sat, 24 Jul 2021, alicef  wrote:
>>
>>> On July 24, 2021 3:21:56 AM GMT+09:00, Ulrich Mueller
><ulm@g.o> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 23 Jul 2021, Alice  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> GNU FSDG-compliance require not only removing non-free code but
>also
>>>>>> to disable loading of known non-free firmware.
>>>>
>>>> So they actually remove code that by itself is free software. I had
>>>> suspected that. (By what logic does removing an option add to the
>>>> user's freedom and choice, though? :)
>>>>
>>>>> I also point you to some other information from the mailing list
>>>>>
>https://www.fsfla.org/pipermail/linux-libre/2020-August/003400.html
>>>>> https://www.fsfla.org/pipermail/linux-libre/2021-May/003419.html
>>>>
>>>> Thank you. Looks like there's no issue with the LICENSE="GPL-2"
>label
>>>> for recent kernels then.
>>
>>> that's not what they are saying.
>>
>> The first posting references a discussion on Wikipedia (which I think
>is
>> a third party with a more neutral point of view than Linux-libre):
>>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Linux_kernel/Archive_7#RfC_on_the_Linux_kernel_licensing_rules
>>
>> I tend to agree with their conclusion, which resulted in the
>following
>> wording:
>>
>> "The official kernel, that is the Linus git branch at the kernel.org
>> repository, does not contain any kind of proprietary code; however
>Linux
>> can search the filesystems to locate proprietary firmware, drivers,
>and
>> other executable modules (collectively known as "binary blobs"), then
>it
>> can load and link them into the kernel space."
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel#Firmware_binary_blobs
>>
>>> but I repeat again please open a thread to their own mailing list
>not
>>> here.
>>
>> Sorry, but I don't care about the Linux-libre patches, only about the
>> mainline kernel. So if anything, I would start a thread on the LKML
>> about concrete files that violate the GPL. Then again, I don't have
>> evidence of any such files (see above).
>>
>
>You are complain against linux-libre not mainline kernel so you should
>ask their opinion on this topic. linux-libre@×××××.org
>
>My modest opinion on the topic is:
>As far that is free software and there are users that use deblob, I
>don't see any reason on why we should not support this and give them
>the
>choice. Gentoo is about choice.

Then why does none of the supported kernels offer that choice?


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Michał Górny