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Proprietary Firmware and the Pursuit of a Free Kernel

itmanagement.earthweb.com — Given that the Linux kernel contains proprietary firmware blobs, determining whether a GNU/Linux distribution is actually free has gotten far less clear.

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  • subgeniusd, on 11/28/2008, -0/+1Ok but obviously only a tiny fraction of Linux users are concerned about proprietary firmware in the Kernel. And that includes Linus Torvalds.

    So why should anyone besides FSF zealots care about this "issue"?
  • Stemp, on 11/29/2008, -0/+1Yes sure, who cares about freedom ?
  • gnufs, on 11/28/2008, -0/+0because they (the nonfree firmware) is robbing you of your freedom?

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