On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 08:23:22PM +0000, Bill Allombert wrote: > > The problem is caused by hardware manufacturer chosing to require > > non-free works for their use. The blame for that choice lies on the > > hardware manufacturer, not on Debian. Accepting the blame for someone > > else's choices and taking on the responsibility solve the consequences > > of that choice seems misguided to me. It makes it harder for users to > > experience the frustration of such hardware themselves. I disagree they > > always get the non-free installer eventually: some end up learning about > > the problem and chose better hardware. Some end up reverse engineering > > their hardware, and contributing to a free solution. Some dislike other > > distributions taking a less rigid stance on non-free works, and will > > come up with work-arounds to get Debian to work on the hardware. If > > Debian takes on itself to solve the problems with non-free hardware, I > > think we are in more difficult position to ask for a change. > > Seconded. > We fought against lack of Linux drivers, then against the lack of free > drivers. Now, since in a lot of situation it is not tenable not to > provide Linux drivers (because Linux is the dominant server OS), > since it is not tenable to provide only non-free drivers (because > entreprise distros do not ship them), the move is toward smaller and > smaller drivers loading larger and larger non-free firmware. > > Debian should not trick users into downloading non-free files. Do you too agree with the position that having non-free firmware stored in your hardware is better than having it loaded from your OS? -- WBR, wRAR
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