[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer

Sat Mar 26 22:55:33 CET 2011

On 24.03.2011 22:27, Romain d'Alverny wrote:
+> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 20:08, Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula at iki.fi> wrote:
+>> On 24.03.2011 19:35, Romain d'Alverny wrote:
+>>> Summary (from http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=licensing_policy):
+>>>  * core: stuff that is not Free/Open Source according to OSI/FSF does
+>>> not belong here. Not even closed-source stuff that we can
+>>> redistribute. So if there is at this time, that's something to fix.
+>>
+>> Most of files in kernel-firmware (which is in core) are not OSI/FSF free
+>> (approximate list from 2010 [1]). There was a short thread about that
+>> [2] where I asked the question if they should be moved to non-free due
+>> to them not being OSI/FSF free, and tmb agreed, while pterjan disagreed
+>> (saying BSD without source code (where a portion of the firmware files
+>> in question fall) is eligible for core).
+>>
+>> [1] http://lists.mandriva.com/cooker/2010-01/msg00525.php
+>> [2] https://mageia.org/pipermail/mageia-dev/20110115/002172.html
+> 
+> Ah right, sorry for overlooking this.
+> 
+> So what do we do? amend core inclusion definition for that? or move
+> these to nonfree? (and at what cost?)
+
+I don't really have a strong preference here, as long as
+1) it is consistent, and
+2) users are happy (e.g. no situation where even the free radeon driver
+doesn't work with any ISO)
+
+> topic for next Council meeting
+> to decide?
+
+Probably.
+
+> would you like to write a summary for this in
+> http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=meeting:council_notes_2011_03_28#open_questions
+> ?
+
+OK, seems I was late, sorry. The summary looks good.
+
+-- 
+Anssi Hannula
+