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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: Alice <alicef@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] Add deblob support only for python3
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 18:22:11
Message-Id: ua6mcc2m3@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] Add deblob support only for python3 by Alice
1 >>>>> On Fri, 23 Jul 2021, Alice wrote:
2
3 >> GNU FSDG-compliance require not only removing non-free code but also
4 >> to disable loading of known non-free firmware.
5
6 So they actually remove code that by itself is free software. I had
7 suspected that. (By what logic does removing an option add to the user's
8 freedom and choice, though? :)
9
10 > I also point you to some other information from the mailing list
11 > https://www.fsfla.org/pipermail/linux-libre/2020-August/003400.html
12 > https://www.fsfla.org/pipermail/linux-libre/2021-May/003419.html
13
14 Thank you. Looks like there's no issue with the LICENSE="GPL-2" label
15 for recent kernels then.
16
17 Ulrich

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