On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 21:36 -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > This problem is much bigger than just wireless too. If we decide to go > the crazy debian route of not shipping firmware, we can forget about a > ton of storage hardware, a bunch of ethernet drivers, x86 microcode > updates, some sound cards and probably a bunch of USB gadgets. > > Neutering our drivers just as we're starting to get somewhere with > "works out > of the box" would be a huge step backwards. Is it worth driving > more users towards Ubuntu in the name of "freedom", especially given > it's a freedom that few (if any) would ever exercise? Nope. And we have no plans to drop the binary firmware exception at this time. I wish we didn't need it, but we do. ~spot _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
