Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice. | From | Josselin Mouette <> | Date | Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:34:44 +0200 |
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Le mercredi 06 avril 2005 à 02:10 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit : > > It merely depends on the definition of "aggregation". I'd say that two > > works that are only aggregated can be easily distinguished and > > separated. This is not the case for a binary kernel module, from which > > you cannot easily extract the firmware and code parts. > > Josselin, please read the thread i linked to in debian-legal, and as nobody > really gave reason to oppose it, i believe we have consensus that those > firmware blobs constitute mere agregation, provided they are clearly > identified and properly licenced, which they are not always.
The fact that nobody cared to answer you shouldn't be considered as any kind of approval for your sayings. -- .''`. Josselin Mouette /\./\ : :' : josselin.mouette@ens-lyon.org `. `' joss@debian.org `- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom
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