Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclearcopyright notice.

[Josselin Mouette]

Le mercredi 06 avril 2005 à 02:10 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
> > It merely depends on the definition of "aggregation". I'd say that two
> > works that are only aggregated can be easily distinguished and
> > separated. This is not the case for a binary kernel module, from which
> > you cannot easily extract the firmware and code parts.
> 
> Josselin, please read the thread i linked to in debian-legal, and as nobody
> really gave reason to oppose it, i believe we have consensus that those
> firmware blobs constitute mere agregation, provided they are clearly
> identified and properly licenced, which they are not always.

The fact that nobody cared to answer you shouldn't be considered as any
kind of approval for your sayings.
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