Resisting the binary blob
Resisting the binary blob
Posted Nov 30, 2006 19:38 UTC (Thu) by emkey (guest, #144)In reply to: Resisting the binary blob by man_ls
Parent article: Resisting the binary blob
Binary drivers do not in and of themselves prevent free drivers. Ergo, they cause no problems in that arena. Which pretty much makes every point you raised moot.
Again, there is no issue here. None. What we have is a very obscure and largely pointless pseudo religious objection by some people.
Posted Dec 1, 2006 3:01 UTC (Fri)
by bronson (subscriber, #4806)
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If the binary drivers are installed by default, instead of the free drivers, then every single one of man_ls's points is valid. Binary drivers prevent free drivers when the user doesn't know that the free driver exists.Resisting the binary blob