Re: +1 (Re: Making Debian available)
On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 10:43:40AM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 11:14:52AM +0100, Emanuele Rocca wrote:
> > Having the option to opt-out firmware during the installation procedure
> > seems reasonable to me, and I don't think anyone was suggesting
> > otherwise.
> >
> > The situation we are in today is very different though: we build a
> > Defective by Design image that fails to install Debian on lots of
> > computers because it does not include the firmware most WiFi cards need
> > to function. If we were to make a mistake and accidentally include such
> > firmware, people would be able to use what we publish on www.debian.org
> > under the large "Download" button to install Debian on their Thinkpads,
> > and we would consider that a problem. That's insane.
>
> very well said, thank you!
>
Yes, we have to embrace firmware blobs.
No for accepting Binary Large OBjects, but for accepting hardware.
When we are not customers of hardware that "needs" blobs,
we are not in a position to negotiation about it.
Regards
Geert Stappers
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