Le 05/06/2015 07:50, Isaac Dunham a écrit :
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>> > From a legal point of view, I would also carefully refrain from
>> >redistributing any non-free firmware in Devuan, the main reason being
>> >that usually you*don't* have the right to redistribute it, and even
>> >if you have got this right from the HW constructor, such right can be
>> >withdrawn any moment at their own will, which might be a quite
>> >unpleasent surprise for Devuan...
> There is a*very* large set of non-free firmware for which at least your
> first claim is false, and for much of it the second is false as well.
> I've actually read several of the licenses in firmware-linux-nonfree.
>
> b43 is/was a notable exception, getting it the "b43-fwcutter" package...
> which leads me to mention something else:
> The criteria for something getting into debian non-free require your
> claims to be false for that package, if it isn't a downloader or
> installer.
I think one could always make the following argument: I have paid
for a device which cannot work without the firmware; therefore what I
paid for is a set which includes hardware and firmware. Sorry but when I
buy a car, it is a package which includes the key; otherwise I wouldn't
buy it.
Didier
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