[gNewSense-users] Re: Binary Blobs in the Linux kernel

[Chris Andrew]

Michael,

Thanks for the link.  That may well help gNewsense and our future
kernel (Freedom Verification- KFV) work, which should benefit the
community in general.

Cheers,

Chris.

On 23/01/2008, Michael C <address@hidden> wrote:
> Chris Andrew wrote:
> > Anyone know where the Debian list is,  it would be useful to look at it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> > Quote:
> >
> > "Not sure about ubuntu, but iirc debian has a list of known non-free
> > firmware. has your list been compared to that?"
> >
> > On 23/01/2008, Tim Dobson <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> hi guys,
> >>
> >> I'm a part-time volunteer for the GNU project, and I just wanted to make
> >> sure you were aware about various bits and bobs in the kernel which you
> >> really should be working on.
> >>
> >> A while back my boss sent this email, but I'm pretty sure it got sent to
> >> the wrong list etc. so it may not have got through.
> >>  From a quick glance at the wiki, statements like "prod kernel guys"
> >> indicate you are aware of this to some degree, but it would be cool if I
> >> could have some confirmation that you are or even an update on the status.
> >>
> >> Sorry for the noise if this is well known and being worked on.
> >>
> >> cheers
> >>
> >> Tim
> >>
> >> Karl Berry wrote:
> >> I sent the message below on December 2.
> >>
> >>> From: address@hidden (Karl Berry)
> >>> To: address@hidden
> >>> Subject: gobuntu nonfree firmware?
> >>>
> >>> Greetings,
> >>>
> >>> (Sorry if this is the wrong list, please tell me if so.)
> >>>
> >>> A few weeks ago a GNU volunteer checked gobuntu for the various known
> >>> nonfree binary blobs that are typically included in the Linux kernel.
> >>> He found some, unfortunately -- list below.
> >>>
> >>> If this is already well-known, sorry for the noise.  I just wanted to
> >>> report it in case it was useful.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Karl
> >>>
> >>> /usr/share/man/man4/dsp56k.4.gz
> >>> /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14/include/asm-m68k/dsp56k.h
> >>> [...]
> >>>
> >>
>
> Perhaps this is what you're looking for:
> http://wiki.debian.org/KernelFirmwareLicensing
>
>
>


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