<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Richard Stallman</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rms@gnu.org">rms@gnu.org</a>></span><br>Date: 2010/12/16<br>
Subject: Re: [GNU-linux-libre] The "Free" Kernel In Debian Squeeze<br>To: Henry Jensen <<a href="mailto:hjensen@gmx.de">hjensen@gmx.de</a>><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:johns@gnu.org">johns@gnu.org</a>, <a href="mailto:gnu-linux-libre@nongnu.org">gnu-linux-libre@nongnu.org</a><br>
<br><br>It sounds like the new Debian version of Linux will recommend<br>
specific nonfree firmware programs, which is undesirable.<br>
<br>
I talked with Alexandre a few months ago, and we decided to change the<br>
way Linux Libre deals with outside nonfree firmware.<br>
<br>
The current practice is to change the code to fail instead of trying<br>
to load any firmware.<br>
<br>
The change is to obfuscate the names of the firmware files in the<br>
Linux source code. �That way, if a user tracks down what firmware to<br>
install and installs it under the name that the code wants, it will.<br>
But Linux Libre will still not suggest installation of the nonfree<br>
firmware file to handle a particular device.<br>
<br>
In either case, it is possible to run the nonfree software. �Free<br>
software has no way to stop users from doing something, since users an<br>
change it.<br>
<br>
Alexandre, how is progress on this?<br>
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</font></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Diego Saravia<br><a href="mailto:Diego.Saravia@gmail.com">Diego.Saravia@gmail.com</a><br>NO FUNCIONA-><a href="mailto:dsa@unsa.edu.ar">dsa@unsa.edu.ar</a><br>