Ubuntu tainting the kernel with proprietary drivers ?

[Daniel Robitaille]

On 6/11/06, Matthew Garrett <mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 02:19:39PM -0500, Scott Dier wrote:
>
> > Yes, and main/ does not allow firmware that is non-free.
>
> I don't believe this to be true for Ubuntu, though it is currently
> Debian policy.

"The licences for software applications in main must be free, but main
may also may contain binary firmware and selected fonts that cannot be
modified without permission from their authors. In all cases
redistribution is unencumbered."

(http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/components)


-- 
Daniel Robitaille