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Date:      Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:16:00 +0530
From:      "Joseph Koshy" <joseph.koshy@gmail.com>
To:        "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: letter writing for FreeBSD support
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bd> Please remove the bits about binary blobs.. Those are a
bd> Bad Thing(tm).

js> If you had the choice between binary blobs with well
js> documented use, or fully binary drivers, which would you
js> choose? I'm talking about a case, such as most notably

- For the user, binary kernel blobs are a huge security
  risk.
- As a project we don't have a stable in-kernel API, so
  it is difficult for us to provide a stable kernel
  environment for binary blobs to run in.

-- 
FreeBSD Volunteer,     http://people.freebsd.org/~jkoshy



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