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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in exte


From: Diego Saravia
Subject: Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:59:52 -0300

El 16 de agosto de 2009 18:22, Richard Stallman<address@hidden> escribió:
>    With a driver composed by a GPL'd module and a non-free firmware, you
>    cannot have, nor provide the four freedoms. You don't have the code for
>    all the required pieces, so you cannot modify it and thus you cannot
>    redistribute your changes. You cannot use it freely, so in fact you have
>    non of the four freedoms.
>
>    This kind of driver is not free software.
>
> The driver ITSELF is free software.  But there is no way to use
> it in the Free World.

could be used to develop a free blob


> depends on.  For instance, if we can replace the non-free firmware,
> or convince the company to free it, then the driver will be ok.

yes, we can ask people to work on free firmware distributing drivers
that could use them.




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Diego Saravia
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