kernel-libre (hopefully 100% Free) for Fedora 8 and rawhide

[Anders Karlsson]

* Alan Cox <alan at redhat.com> [20080323 14:20]:
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 01:42:47AM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> > But then, even if we create a spin without these firmwares, the kernel
> > still contains non-Free Software.  My goal is to help enable people to
> > create official Fedora spins that don't contain any non-Free Software.
> 
> Will you be shipping them a flash erase for the bios as well ?

BIOS, hard drive and storage controller firmwares, CPU microcode etc
etc. Crippling, or making things useless, to prove a point seems to be
fashionable however.

I prefer my system to work, during which time I can still be pushing
for a free/open solution to happen in the end. Recognising that some
things can not be done over night is a bonus. As with most things in
life, a certain pragmatism is required.

/Anders