Re: LCC and blobs
Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
> Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> wrote:
>> Le samedi 11 d=E9cembre 2004 =E0 21:47 +0000, Matthew Garrett a =E9crit :
>>> We put it in contrib
>>> so that people know that by using this software, they will also have to
>>> use non-free code. This is less obvious for drivers that use firmware in
>>> flash, but it's still true.
>>
>> Where do you put xine, then? It works fine with only free code, but can
>> open more formats when dlopen()ing optional non-free libraries. Should
>> it go outside of main because it is "tainted"? I don't believe so; the
>> user himself chooses to taint his system by installing these libraries.
>> The problem is exactly the same for non-free blobs: the user will know
>> he is installing some non-free stuff, either by downloading it from our
>> non-free archive, either by installing it by himself.
>
> xine should certainly remain within main - it's useful without any
> non-free software. But then compare to, say, kernel-patch-2.6-bluez -
> all the devices that this code will work with have non-free firmware,
> though only one of them requires it to be loaded from userspace. Main or
> contrib?
Main imho.
It is usable by many users without non-free firmware. Therefore the
firmware only enhances the drivers and should only be suggested and
not depended.
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