From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 17 01:49:37 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 200A316A400 for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:49:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from walkingshadow@grummel.net) Received: from mail1.bytemine.net (mat.bytemine.net [193.41.144.74]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5A0A13C455 for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:49:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from walkingshadow@grummel.net) Received: from 4be54-4-82-234-154-189.fbx.proxad.net ([82.234.154.189]:40518 helo=mailsvr.my.domain) by mail1.bytemine.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HSO32-000218-FO for freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:49:33 +0100 Received: from localhost (unknown [192.168.0.11]) by mailsvr.my.domain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C33B456E0 for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:50:42 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:49:23 +0100 From: Jona Joachim To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070317024923.6d035a41@localhost> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.8.1 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) X-Face: &>dujC`JZV!}?Y^1"%N{x!f+rW}; PX\_Cg[!|MA~tn3ebIKM|~p=,,U~YJt,Exd`Spk.1Ln zg, Q]0=:!/LTs-eg.Fz, @giLyD'D=s, L\-AJyZ8tcV`kPifedMA@rhoEikoo~K%@iDLNq2?aHZjIt) GqBY7o#9+8j/uuXDVG3`XFEH_4$T%._*%;|vIaP Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_RDJ1G15a=ej6rnEMTvUgFFm"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Subject: allBSD's "Stop the Blob" Campaign X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:49:37 -0000 --Sig_RDJ1G15a=ej6rnEMTvUgFFm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi! I heard of the "Stop the Blob" campaign led by allBSD [1] today. The FreeBSD logo is used in their flyer [2] which means that the FreeBSD Project is supporting the campaign. However FreeBSD uses binary blobs (even includes them in the source tree), notably those provided by Atheros and NVIDIA. Including third party code in the main tree of FreeBSD makes the project depend on the organization providing the software. On top of that there is a big security concern. The FreeBSD developers have absolutely no idea about how well and how secure the code provided by these companies is written. Not later than October last year a huge security hole was discovered in NVIDIA blob drivers permitting to acquire root privileges [3]. Would it be possible to clarify the position of the project regarding proprietary drivers? Best regards, Jona [1] http://www.allbsd.de/en/ [2] http://misc.allbsd.de/Kampagnen/NoBlob/NoBlob-en-Poster.jpg [3] http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/ --=20 "I am chaos. I am the substance from which your artists and scientists build rhythms. I am the spirit with which your children and clowns laugh in happy anarchy. I am chaos. I am alive, and tell you that you are free." Eris, Goddess Of Chaos, Discord & Confusion --Sig_RDJ1G15a=ej6rnEMTvUgFFm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFF+0kjB0JBR/6d8XQRAmAvAKCphUdRI74fj+4u5/njx0J8WPi+UQCeLdl9 MNpOjO1qAIgN3+OAGQ4Q2ZY= =LC9g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_RDJ1G15a=ej6rnEMTvUgFFm--