incorrect statement on www page

[Ulrik Günther]

I agree with that as well. The components named above can be
considered as third-party software and have, as such, nothing to do
with the "real" operating system.

If you want to be really specific, write something like "FreeBSD comes
with complete sourcecode, but the files xyz.c, abc.h, ahs.o,... are
missing ;)

Why does anyone have a problem with those binary components?
I think it is okay if vendors invested lots of money into developing
their products and do not want anyone to know how the stuff really
works... Of course, Open Source drivers would be better, but this is a
good consent.

Have a nice day anyway,

Ulrik

On 4/29/05, Chuck Swiger <cswiger at mac.com> wrote:
> Steve Ames wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 09:47:30AM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> >> You need to specify the (lots of stuff) better.
> >> Because the following are found on my system.
> >>
> >>>http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/hptmv/i386-elf.raid.o.uu
> >>>http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/contrib/dev/nve/i386/nvenetlib.o.bz2.uu
> >
> > Sure. But they aren't source. This is rather a sad discussion as 3rd party
> > drivers really aren't part of the OS.
> 
> Agreed.  Third-party drivers under a proprietary license are not really part
> of FreeBSD, although, if the license permits, FreeBSD can include the binary
> objects into CVS and/or put them into the .ISO images for CDs.  Other
> proprietary drivers have more onerous restrictions, and are handled via ports.
> 
> The current approach is more convenient for users, and I don't suggest
> changing that.  However, I would not be unhappy if the documentation was
> clarified, or if the HPT RAID driver was moved from src/sys/dev/ to
> src/sys/contrib/dev/ to clearly indicate that it is contributed by a third party.
> 
> --
> -Chuck
> 
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