Re: [fab] Most Advanced 100% Free Distribution?

[Warren Togami <wtogami redhat com>]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> I am not sure what the kernel binary blobs in this PR refers to. AFAIK, 
> the upstream kernel itself includes firmware which we dont remove in 
> Fedora.  Our guidelides dont require source for all firmware and just 
> redistribution rights.

Maybe we don't want to go this far.  The benefits of redistributable 
firmware perhaps greatly outweigh the ideological benefits.

Firmware is nowhere near the level of evil as binary-only drivers 
hooking into the kernel.

Warren Togami
wtogami redhat com