From: Reza Housseini <reza.housseini@gmail.com>
To: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler@gmail.com>
Cc: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>,
"guix-devel@gnu.org" <guix-devel@gnu.org>,
"phodina@protonmail.com" <phodina@protonmail.com>,
"ludo@gnu.org" <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: 04/04: gnu: Add fwupd.
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 08:27:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGZc64Gqxyjc+fa=dAcir66BosY9yYv2+v+NVOSC3V4kDMvH2Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c1b8000610920cbc33c368da257737423fda704b.camel@gmail.com>
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On Wednesday, August 31, 2022, Liliana Marie Prikler <
liliana.prikler@gmail.com> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, dem 31.08.2022 um 09:26 -0400 schrieb Maxim Cournoyer:
> > Hi,
> >
> > guix-commits@gnu.org writes:
> >
> > > civodul pushed a commit to branch master
> > > in repository guix.
> > >
> > > commit 23152ff70f0ed4966d8207846f54c793d7cb4f86
> > > Author: Petr Hodina <phodina@protonmail.com>
> > > AuthorDate: Tue Jan 4 06:58:51 2022 +0100
> > >
> > > gnu: Add fwupd.
> > >
> > > * gnu/packages/firmware.scm (fwupd): New variable.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
> >
> > Just a quick question: does this tool talks to a remote server that
> > serves non-free software as well as free one? If so, it'd need to be
> > patched to comply with the FSDG.
> I'd be surprised if it supplied free software as well as non-free one.
>
> The vendor guide[1] states the following:
> > Do I have to contribute any code?
> >
> > No, unless you're using a custom update protocol that fwupd does not
> > already support.
>
> The user guide[2] likewise states:
> > The OEM vendor is in full control over what models are supported and is
> > the only entity that can add support for new hardware.
>
> The vendor agreement[3] further grants no freedom safe for the second –
> the freedom to make unmodified copies.
>
> Cheers
>
> [1] https://fwupd.org/lvfs/docs/vendors
> [2] https://fwupd.org/lvfs/docs/users
> [3] https://fwupd.org/lvfs/docs/agreement
>
>
Isn't fwupd a package manager which could technically be replaced by guix?
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2022-08-31 13:26 ` 04/04: gnu: Add fwupd Maxim Cournoyer
2022-08-31 14:58 ` Liliana Marie Prikler
2022-09-01 6:27 ` Reza Housseini [this message]
2022-09-01 7:03 ` Maxime Devos
2022-09-01 7:44 ` phodina
2022-09-01 13:42 ` Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
2022-09-01 20:35 ` Maxim Cournoyer
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