On Sun, 2 Jul 2017 at 17:51:48 -0700
Rick Moen <rick@???> wrote:

> Quoting Alessandro Selli (alessandroselli@???):
>
>> It cannot work if what you need to do is feeding the HD controller some
>> proprietary firmware that cannot legally be embedded in the GPL driver.
>
> ITYM that the resulting derivative work cannot be lawfully
> redistributed. But compiling the driver does not redistribute it.

Devuan in a public, general-purpose distribution, not an OS tailored to the
specific environment of a single individual's HW/layout.

> (I'm not necessarily endorsing your view about proprietary firmware.

It's not *my* view, it's the law, it's the real world out there.

> I'm just pointing out that your conclusion doesn't follow from the
> premise.)

They are not *my* conclusions, they are real-world issues. The fact they
never impacted your operations does not make them neither inexistant nor
irrelevant.

If you disagree, kindly point out what other method is available that
allows a kernel to lawfully feed a controlelr a firmware before mounting the
root FS.


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