Bill Crawford wrote: > 2008/6/18 Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx>: > >> So, let me summarize: we have a bit of binary-only fimware that does >> goodness knows what in a critical part of our systems. We don't actually >> need this firmware; it may or may not improve performance. Is this right? > > This sounds like most computer systems (BIOS, although we can usually > do without it mostly after boot time) I think we have to boot. > and their components e.g. most > modern network interfaces, SCSI controllers and so on, lots of which > have some sort of firmware embedded in some way on the card or the > main device on it. Really? We don't need this firmware? Are you sure about that? > The next point you make is a good one, ... >> It sounds to me as though we're better off without it, regardless of its >> status with regard to the GPL. > > Yes. Which is why we should stop supporting these "PCs" which aren't > completely free. I don't understand what you're saying here. Are you saying that we should stop supporting any PC that contains any firmware that isn't free? That seems rather extreme. Andrew. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
