Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> writes:
> Cyril Brulebois wrote:
...
>> _Description: Use non-free firmware?
>> Some non-free firmware has been made to work with Debian. Though this
>
> The phrasing "made to work with" has always struck me as poor, since
> there are two obvious misinterpretations - "created in order to work
> on" or "forced to work on" Debian. All we mean is things are
> organised so that it's made *available* for use on Debian. But is
> there a better short way of saying that? At any rate I don't think
> it's worth slowing down this update.
How about "packaged alongside"?
Some non-free firmware has been packaged alongside Debian. Though this
>> firmware is not at all a part of Debian, standard Debian tools can be used
>> to install it. This firmware has varying licenses which may prevent you
>> from using, modifying, or sharing it.
>> .
>> Please choose whether you want to have it available anyway.
which also ought to work for the contrib case.
Cheers, Phil.
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