Re: 04/04: gnu: Add fwupd.

[Reza Housseini]

On Wednesday, August 31, 2022, Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, dem 31.08.2022 um 09:26 -0400 schrieb Maxim Cournoyer:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > guix-commits@gnu.org writes:
> > 
> > > civodul pushed a commit to branch master
> > > in repository guix.
> > > 
> > > commit 23152ff70f0ed4966d8207846f54c793d7cb4f86
> > > Author: Petr Hodina <phodina@protonmail.com>
> > > AuthorDate: Tue Jan 4 06:58:51 2022 +0100
> > > 
> > >     gnu: Add fwupd.
> > >     
> > >     * gnu/packages/firmware.scm (fwupd): New variable.
> > >     
> > >     Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
> > 
> > Just a quick question: does this tool talks to a remote server that
> > serves non-free software as well as free one?  If so, it'd need to be
> > patched to comply with the FSDG.
> I'd be surprised if it supplied free software as well as non-free one.
>
> The vendor guide[1] states the following:
> > Do I have to contribute any code?
> > 
> > No, unless you're using a custom update protocol that fwupd does not
> > already support.
>
> The user guide[2] likewise states:
> > The OEM vendor is in full control over what models are supported and is
> > the only entity that can add support for new hardware.
>
> The vendor agreement[3] further grants no freedom safe for the second –
> the freedom to make unmodified copies.
>
> Cheers
>
> [1] https://fwupd.org/lvfs/docs/vendors
> [2] https://fwupd.org/lvfs/docs/users
> [3] https://fwupd.org/lvfs/docs/agreement

Isn't fwupd a package manager which could technically be replaced by guix?