Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

From: Rich Walker (rw_at_shadow.org.uk)
Date: 04/08/05

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    Date:	Fri, 08 Apr 2005 19:16:16 +0100
    
    

    Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> writes:

    > On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 07:42:51PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
    >> Le vendredi 08 avril 2005 à 19:34 +0200, Adrian Bunk a écrit :
    >> GFDL documentation will still be available in the non-free archive.
    >
    > Assuming you have an online connection and a friend told you how to
    > manually edit your /etc/apt/sources.list for non-free.

    You *do* know that current versions of the installer ask you if you want
    non-free, don't you?

    > But where's the documentation if you don't have an online connection but
    > only the dozen binary CDs of Debian?

    Clearly, since the judgement is "it can't be legally distributed as part
    of a package of Debian CD's", it isn't on a package of Debian CD's.

    cheers, Rich.

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