Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files

[Rubén Rodríguez Pérez]

> > -Should GPL modules that are useless without the non-free firmware files
> > be removed?
> >
> 
> I think that the GPL modules should not be removed, because if "we" have 
> them, "we" can develop free GPL firmwares, "we" need the hardware to 
> experiment, 
> 
> what do u think?

"We" as driver hackers, have the code anyway, we know where to find it.
"We" as software distributors must think of our end users, who deserve a
fully free system. I think that a program that needs a proprietary piece
to work is not free software, even if it is GPL'd.