www/distros common-distros.html

[Jason Self]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Jason Self <jxself>     12/05/11 17:39:47

Modified files:
        distros        : common-distros.html 

Log message:
        Minor update from RT # 740658

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/distros/common-distros.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.49&r2=1.50

Patches:
Index: common-distros.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/distros/common-distros.html,v
retrieving revision 1.49
retrieving revision 1.50
diff -u -b -r1.49 -r1.50
--- common-distros.html 20 Apr 2012 21:38:03 -0000      1.49
+++ common-distros.html 11 May 2012 17:39:32 -0000      1.50
@@ -175,11 +175,11 @@
 <p>Nonfree firmware programs used with Linux, the kernel, are called
 &ldquo;blobs&rdquo;, and that's how we use the term.  In BSD parlance,
 the term &ldquo;blob&rdquo; means something else: a nonfree driver.
-OpenBSD and perhaps other BSD distributions have the policy of not
-including those.  That is the right policy, as regards drivers; but
-when the developers say these distributions &ldquo;contain no
-blobs&rdquo;, it causes a misunderstanding.  They are not talking
-about firmware blobs.</p>
+OpenBSD and perhaps other BSD distributions (called "projects" by BSD 
+developers) have the policy of not including those.  That is the right 
+policy, as regards drivers; but when the developers say these distributions 
+&ldquo;contain noblobs&rdquo;, it causes a misunderstanding.  They are not 
+talking about firmware blobs.</p>
 
 <p>No BSD distribution has policies against proprietary binary-only
 firmware that might be loaded even by free drivers.</p>
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2012/04/20 21:38:03 $
+$Date: 2012/05/11 17:39:32 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>