The way is cleared for Debian 5
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| The Debian developers have decided to release the upcoming
| Debian 5 (Lenny) with proprietary firmware files to
| expedite the completion of the Linux distributions next
| release. The vote itself had several options for dealing
| with proprietary firmware, from a complete elimination of
| it, even if it meant more delays for Lenny, to an explicit
| waiver of the source code requirement for firmware files.
| The winning option was "assume blobs comply with the GPL
| unless proven otherwise", a principle which declares
| proprietary firmware as undesirable, but allows for the
| earlier release of Debian 5 to take priority over the
| removal of questionable firmware.
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/The-way-is-cleared-for-Debian-5--/news/112342
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