From: Richard Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Non-free software in Gentoo
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:48:59 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B4753EB.8050503@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100108052620.GB7621@kroah.com>
On 01/08/2010 12:26 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> If the kernel loads a firmware
> file that is not free, or if the device itself has a firmware in it that
> you can not change so easily, has _nothing_ to do with the license of
> the kernel,
>
I don't think anybody is concerned about the license of "the kernel",
but rather the license of sys-kernel/gentoo-sources. Gentoo-sources
contains "the kernel" as well as a bunch of other stuff (documentation,
firmware, etc). It can only have a single license if EVERYTHING
installed by the package is usable under that single license.
The LICENSE in an ebuild pertains to the package - not just to the
largest component or majority of the package. Very few people install
gentoo-sources mainly to read the docs or get a firmware blob, but they
are still there, and the license should reflect this.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-01-08 16:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-28 5:36 [gentoo-dev] Non-free software in Gentoo Vincent Launchbury
2009-12-28 8:10 ` Rémi Cardona
2009-12-28 13:11 ` Nirbheek Chauhan
2009-12-29 8:59 ` Peter Volkov
2009-12-29 5:24 ` Vincent Launchbury
2009-12-29 9:02 ` Peter Volkov
2009-12-29 18:32 ` Robin H. Johnson
2009-12-29 23:17 ` Brian Harring
2009-12-28 11:21 ` Jeroen Roovers
2009-12-28 14:37 ` Jeremy Olexa
2009-12-28 18:56 ` Robin H. Johnson
2009-12-28 22:15 ` Richard Freeman
2009-12-28 22:53 ` Robin H. Johnson
2009-12-29 1:16 ` Richard Freeman
2009-12-30 0:52 ` Greg KH
2009-12-30 11:43 ` Richard Freeman
2009-12-31 4:51 ` Greg KH
2009-12-31 6:02 ` Harald van Dijk
2009-12-30 0:50 ` Greg KH
2009-12-30 2:42 ` Vincent Launchbury
2009-12-31 4:48 ` Greg KH
2009-12-31 12:30 ` Richard Freeman
2010-01-06 4:55 ` Vincent Launchbury
2010-01-06 18:57 ` Greg KH
2010-01-06 21:55 ` Harald van Dijk
2010-01-07 6:19 ` Vincent Launchbury
2010-01-07 14:37 ` Richard Freeman
2010-01-08 5:26 ` Greg KH
2010-01-08 15:48 ` Richard Freeman [this message]
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