Re: kernel-libre (hopefully 100% Free) for Fedora 8 and rawhide

[Alexandre Oliva <aoliva redhat com>]

On Mar 25, 2008, Anders Karlsson <anders trudheim co uk> wrote:

> I think others have already said that separate package is not the way
> to go. Modification to existing kernel spec and then passing the right
> switch when building to generate your kernel is probably the better
> way.

But this doesn't enable someone to build a 100% Free spin of Fedora.

While it's true that the binaries wouldn't contain any non-Free
Software in this case, the corresponding sources that must be offered
along with the binaries would.  So the person who chose to distribute
this spin would still find herself in a situation of being required to
accept and distribute non-Free Software, which is precisely what my
efforts are meant to avoid.

So, you see, it completely fails to meet the goal, so it's a
non-starter.

> Shake?

Sure :-)

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