LinkSys and binary modules

Posted Oct 14, 2003 23:14 UTC (Tue) by vmole (guest, #111)
In reply to: LinkSys and binary modules by JoeBuck
Parent article: LinkSys and binary modules

Just to clarify:

Of course, the Debian folks might well decide that non-free firmware violates the DFSG, but that's a separate matter.

Note that the DFSG argument is strictly based on us shipping free software: binary code loaded into a DSP just doesn't qualify. We don't claim that the the fact that it's mixed up with a kernel driver inherently violates the GPL. It's purely a Debian thing.