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@missionlibre

Great work, signed this and reposted my blog post with an update to link to the petition.

@missionlibre The text of the petition says:

Today, there are no fully-free Linux kernel drivers for contemporary Wi-Fi hardware.

This isn’t true. The drivers (the code that is running in the kernel, on the main CPU) are fully free, but the firmware (the code that is running on the wifi card) isn’t.

@noisytoot

I consider firmware that's loaded by a driver to be an integral part of it, since it's necessary for it to function. Loadable firmware, like the rest of the driver, should be free.

Non-free firmware is talked about here: https://freewifi.missionlibre.org/why-do-free-drivers-matter