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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in exter
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files |
Date: |
Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:22:58 -0400 |
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. This is what we call "trapped".
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html.
When a free program is trapped in this way, we have the possibility of
letting it out of the trap by dealing with the non-free program it
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.
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, (continued)
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Rubén Rodríguez Pérez, 2009/08/16
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Daniel Olivera, 2009/08/16
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Richard Stallman, 2009/08/17
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Diego Saravia, 2009/08/17
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Alexandre Oliva, 2009/08/17
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Diego Saravia, 2009/08/17
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Rubén Rodríguez Pérez, 2009/08/17
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Diego Saravia, 2009/08/17
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Alexandre Oliva, 2009/08/18
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Daniel Olivera, 2009/08/18
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files,
Richard Stallman <=
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Diego Saravia, 2009/08/16
- [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Yavor Doganov, 2009/08/16
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Diego Saravia, 2009/08/16
- [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Yavor Doganov, 2009/08/16
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Diego Saravia, 2009/08/16
- [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Yavor Doganov, 2009/08/16
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Diego Saravia, 2009/08/16
- [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Yavor Doganov, 2009/08/17
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Diego Saravia, 2009/08/17
- [GNU-linux-libre] Re: Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files, Yavor Doganov, 2009/08/17