@navi >as soon as it's on the board instead, it's a-ok
It's a temporary exception, because otherwise no hardware could be approved - everyone is welcome to go fix the issue.

Software that comes on a secondary processor in a computer doesn't have a proprietary license on it that the user has to accept.

Even though such software is slightly harder to replace, someone who has the skill to replace it won't find it too difficult to work out how to flash their replacement to the EEPROM.