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Did you read the OP? A direct quote: "For a long time, I just went on thinking that, even though Torvalds doesn't agree with the free software movement, at lea
by rw 18y ago
Did you read the OP? A direct quote:
"For a long time, I just went on thinking that, even though Torvalds doesn't agree with the free software movement, at least we have a free kernel. But then I found that proprietary firmware was being put into the source code of Linux. So, in fact, Linux as released by Torvalds is not free software."
- a-priori 18y agoI don't see what the problem is. If you don't want proprietary firmware, don't include drivers for those devices in your configuration...
- rw 18y agoIt mainly has to do with the opportunity/cost of companies deciding whether or not to develop open firmware. If a proprietary version is included in the kernel, they are very unlikely to bother to go through the cost of relicensing the software.
- eru 18y agoOK, that's a point. What about the BSDs?
- albertcardona 18y agoExcept OpenBSD, the other BSD's have just as much firmware binary blobs as linux does [disclaimer: I am a linux user].