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Line 6: It is worth noting that the [[Free software foundation]] is actively campaigning against binary blobs, even though many [[Linux distributions]] include them.{{fact}} A binary blob is not the same as a firmware package that accompanies a particular device. Firmware is the operating software required by the device's onboard microcontroller. Normally, it is stored in [[Flash memory\|Flash EPROM]], but some manufacturers use RAM based firmware stores for cost and upgradeability reasons. Firmware images are acceptable to OpenBSD because they do not operate within the kernel space, - as a binary driver ~~would~~does - and will redistribute said images as long as the manufacturers allow them to without restriction.<ref>{{cite web \| title = OpenBSD Works To Open Wireless Chipsets - November 2, 2004 \|url = http://kerneltrap.org/node/4118 \| accessdate = 2006-06-23}}</ref> ==Notes and references==

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