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deb http://http.debian.org/debian firmwaredeb http://http.debian.org/debian firmwarePosted Apr 14, 2004 15:37 UTC (Wed) by chant (guest, #20286)In reply to: Debian Weekly News 2004/15 by pizza Parent article: Debian Weekly News 2004/15 I agree completely. Perhaps debian could use a 'firmware' section, in addition to non-free/contrib/main. Firmware could be put in this section (to be loaded in from userspace via hotplug, like my Atmel 802.11b card) so long as debian has the right to redistribute it. I suppose the key issue is ensuring that every driver that needs firmware load it from user space - not a huge issue as long as you use initrd. Sure, it's not free , but as pizza points out, hardware has never been free in the first place.
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