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On 26/07/13 18:48, Hanno Böck wrote: |
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>> Another more practical reason that needs consideration: Kernels. |
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>> Currently, the default kernel.org-sources ship binary firmwares |
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>> with unclear and mixed licenses. They are definitely nonfree. |
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>> Gentoo sources also does (although it has a useflag to remove |
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>> them). I don't really know how many people will be affected if we |
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>> ship a blob-free kernel as the default. Same goes for |
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>> linux-firmwares, which is required for a bunch of hardware. |
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>> Especially wlan-cards hardly work without a binary firmware |
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>> blob. |
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Let's bring back libre-sources as a package. GNU already deblobs |
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Linux, so why should I have to do it myself every time. Another |
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argument is that deblobbing is very time consuming, particularly for |
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older hardware. I had a Lemote Yeelong on for three days deblobbing. |
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- -- |
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Alexander |
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alexander@××××××.net |
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http://plaimi.net/~alexander |
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