Update On OpenBSD Firmware Activism 134
putko writes "Here's an update on the OpenBSD firmware activism. Basically, Intel says no. Plenty of contact info, in case you want to write someone an email or a phone call.
As Theo writes, 'Without
these firmware files included in OpenBSD, users must go do some
click-through license at some web site to get at the files. Without
those files, these devices are just bits of metal, plastic, and sand.'" While I applaud the notion behind Freer distribution (as in beer) it's also highly probable that Intel doesn't have much ground make them freer - we've seen this before on machines like the HP nw8000; basically, the wireless stuff is owned by someone else, licensed by Intel. That's not to say that the fight isn't worth fighting for freer distribution - it is. But if you want to make your voice heard, remember to be effective advocate.
Re:What firmware exactly? (Score:3, Funny)
Amonkeysayshuh? (Score:5, Funny)
Is that supposed to be a sentence, or has Hemos been playing around with the Monkey / Shakespeare Simulator [tninet.se] again?
If the BSD people want... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Amonkeysayshuh? (Score:1, Funny)
What is the term for other option? Freech (as in speech)?
PETA's and Democratic activists' method? (Score:3, Funny)
No? Ah, well, just a thought...
The Tao of Programming (Score:3, Funny)
Presently they met Firmware, who was dressed in tattered rags and hobbled along propped on a thorny stick. Firmware said to them: ``The Tao lies beyond Yin and Yang. It is silent and still as a pool of water. It does not seek fame, therefore nobody knows its presence. It does not seek fortune, for it is complete within itself. It exists beyond space and time.''
Software and Hardware, ashamed, returned to their homes.
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(Credit: Tao of Programming [canonical.org])