Firmware IS SOFTWARE!! <br><br>firmware = software<br><br>The FSF considers firmware as software.<br><br>If the firmware isnt free, the Fedora isnt FREE!! <br><br>We can&#39;t change the firmware, then the firmware isn&#39;t FREE!!
<br><br>Where are the Infinite Freedom ? Freedom to change the Code, to change the firmware!!<br><br>Please, read this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware</a> &quot;<b>firmware
</b> is software&quot;<br><br><br>Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira<br><a href="http://www.projetofedora.org">www.projetofedora.org</a><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rex Dieter</b>
 &lt;<a href="mailto:rdieter@math.unl.edu">rdieter@math.unl.edu</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Rodrigo Padula wrote:
<br><br>&gt; - FREE SOFTWARE DEFINITION - By Free Software Foundation<br>...<br>&gt; These firmwares below affect us directly, affect our freedom!<br><br>software != firmware.<br><br>The Board&#39;s current position is that firmware (that doesn&#39;t run on the host
<br>CPU) is a reasonable exception (to modifiability).&nbsp;&nbsp;It is our hope that<br>once these ground-rules are established and well understood, hardware<br>manufacturers will be more willing to produce/support high-quality linux
<br>drivers (preferably in the upstream kernel).<br><br>-- Rex<br><br>--<br>Fedora-marketing-list mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com">Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com</a><br><a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list">
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list</a><br></blockquote></div><br>