Re: Bug#353277: ndiswrapper in main
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- Subject: Re: Bug#353277: ndiswrapper in main
- From: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 23:05:15 -0800
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 01:35:11PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote:
> But I think this case -- <<where root privileges are needed, in order to
> install non-free software, in order to make the package work the way that
> people typically think of as using it>>... I think this case is on the wrong
> side of that line.
But by its nature ndiswrapper requires root privs, and this would be true
even if we were bundling a free driver with it. So I don't think that's the
right line here, either...
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