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


From: Rubén Rodríguez Pérez
Subject: Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:28:21 +0200

> > I prefer the first, I don't see the point of distributing a useless
> > program that still depends on a non-free part that now cannot be
> > loaded. Linux-libre chooses this solution, stating that the modified
> 
> Unless it doesnt depend on non-free parts, because there is free
> firmware.

Sure. The example is the broadcom b43 driver, which has a non-free
firmware and a free one. We should distribute both the module and the
free firmware together.





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