I thought it was free as in beer, but because of the blobs, not
necessarily free as in you can do whatever you want with it...

Because what can you do with a blob? Are you allowed to use a blob
anywhere you want, in any situation? Are you allowed to crack open a
blob and use parts of its code to re-write your own software/drivers?
Are you even allowed to have documentation regarding a blob? These are
all defined by license restrictions... that restrict your freedom
concerning the use of the blob.

So IMHO "Free"BSD is only free to obtain... but not fully 'free' to use
in any way you want.

Please follow the simple formula-

	License Restriction = Not Free.

You've been so involved in this discussion I thought you wouldn't need
this simplistic review... or maybe you're just trolling.


Danno


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-misc@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-misc@openbsd.org] On Behalf
Of Karel Kulhavy
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 10:27 AM
To: OpenBSD
Subject: Re: No Blob without Puffy

On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 11:35:14AM +0100, Henning Brauer wrote:
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> * SW <info@praxis123.de> [2007-03-19 03:21]:
> > Free as in FreeBSD
>
> ahh, I finally get it.
>
> dry like water
> hot like ice
> free like freebsd

FreeBSD is released under BSD licence and therefore is free software,
see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software

CL<
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