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Re: [LUG] gNewSense - Ubuntu without the binary blobs

 
On 02/11/06, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ben Goodger wrote:
> On 02/11/06, *Tom Potts* <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> wrote:
>
>     http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061102083226821
>     tom te tom te tom
>
>
> Remember, the binary blobs are out to get you.
>
So these binary blobs are non-free bits of code?  Like modules for
certain hardware etc?

They're the non-source-code-published bits of code, such as NVidia's graphics driver. They're coming to kill Stallman's first-born.

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