Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:51:25 +0200 From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: Adam Stroud <adam@thegeeklord.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Blob" and FreeBSD Message-ID: <442A9EED.5090201@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <442A9DA0.9060703@thegeeklord.com> References: <442A9DA0.9060703@thegeeklord.com>
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Adam Stroud wrote: > I have been using both Open and Free BSD for a few years. Here is a > Quick question about FreeBSD and the use of third party closed source > binary drivers (known as "blob" to the OpenBSD community). I was just > doing some reading on the OpenBSD website about their views on third > closed source drivers (they are completely against them). Are the > FreeBSD developers/community also against the use of closed drivers? Are > these type of drivers currently being used in FreeBSD? Any > comments/pointers to relevant information would be greatly appreciated. I think that anyone in the OSS community fundamentally are against blobs - an OSS driver is always prefered. But some have a more pragmatic approach. The NDIS project (aka project evil) is an example of a pragmatic approach that allows users to use blobs. Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: www.daemonsecurity.com/ca/8D03551FFCE04F06.crt Subject ID: 9E:AA:18:E6:94:7A:91:44:0A:E4:DD:87:73:7F:4E:82:E7:08:9C:72 Fingerprint: 5B:D5:1E:3E:47:E7:EC:1C:4C:C8:3A:19:CC:AE:14:F5:DF:18:0F:B9
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