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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer</H1>
<B>Buchan Milne</B>
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<I>Fri Mar 25 09:41:08 CET 2011</I>
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----- "Tux99" <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">tux99-mga at uridium.org</A>> wrote:
><i> Quote: andr55 wrote on Fri, 25 March 2011 01:29
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</I>><i> > My though was essentially that firmware is so close to hardware
</I>><i> that
</I>><i> > its
</I>><i> > actual free/non-free status shouldn't apply - we should treat it
</I>><i> like
</I>><i> > (almost) part of the hardware.
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</I>><i> I agree with that. After all nobody (apart from R. Stallmann)
</I>><i> questions the
</I>><i> fact that the BIOS of their PC is non-free or all the other firmware
</I>><i> or
</I>><i> microcode on various chips on the motherboard and on expansion cards
</I>><i> and
</I>><i> peripherals.
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</I>><i> Firmware belongs into 'core',
</I>
You mean, firmware which has an unrestricted distribution licence?
><i> Nvidia/ATI drivers and the Flash plugin
</I>><i> belong into 'non-free'.
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Actually, for Flash, we need a redistribution license. Has someone contacted Adobe about this?
Redistribution of Flash without a licence is prohibited[1]. We can apply for a licence to redistribute[2].
Regards,
Buchan
1. <A HREF="http://www.adobe.com/products/players/fpsh_faq.html#section-1-5">http://www.adobe.com/products/players/fpsh_faq.html#section-1-5</A>
2. <A HREF="http://www.adobe.com/go/fp_apply_dist">http://www.adobe.com/go/fp_apply_dist</A>
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