[Replicant] [PATCH] Remove nonfree binary firmware data.

[Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli]

On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 11:15:03 +0100
Fil <fil.bergamo at riseup.net> wrote:

> 
> On 22/03/19 00:32, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote:
> > But I've looked at the other files in the same directory, and
> > beside huge warranty disclaimers, we have the following:
> >>  Cypress does not authorize its products for use as critical
> >> components in life-support systems where a malfunction or failure
> >> may reasonably be expected to result in significant injury to the
> >> user. The inclusion of Cypress� product in a life-support systems
> >> application implies that the manufacturer assumes all risk of such
> >> use and in doing so indemnifies Cypress against all charges.
> >>
> >>  Use may be limited by and subject to the applicable Cypress
> >> software license agreement.
> > This looks really borderline:
> 
> Yes, that's exactly what I was referring to when I said there were
> other (seemingly) non-free files in the directory
Yes indeed, I should have looked into it more in details.

> > So I think that it would be better to either remove all of that, and
> > verify that everything still work fine, or if that's not easy to
> > do, ask a for legal advise on this issue.
> 
> I already tried to remove the non-free files, a couple of months ago.
> [1] The problem is that the touch keys won't work at all without those
> drivers, making the phone nearly unusable.
The Galaxy Nexus lack touch keys, and has them implemented in software.
> So I think there's room for asking legal advice.
Yes, it would be better to keep the touchkeys if possible.

I'll try to look if upstream Linux has support for touchkeys when I get
back online. In that case we could also remove that temporarily and
restore it in Replicant 9.0.

Denis.
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