> Because the FSF has an absolutely asinine definition of "free software" wherein any code that can be modified or updated is non-free, but if it comes from an

> Because the FSF has an absolutely asinine definition of "free software" wherein any code that can be modified or updated is non-free, but if it comes from an untouchable ROM chip they can pretend it's still "free" That is gross misrepresentation of their position. It is more like if a project is claiming to be free software, then it should not have parts that are non-free software (like redistributing firmware). If the firmware is in hardware ROM or EEPROM chip (or just downloaded independently from third source), then then it is not part of such project and therefore out of scope (i.e. somebody else's problem).