On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 05:03:29AM +0200, Simon Richter wrote: > > Making Debian hard to use is a very short-sighted view of how to promote > > free software - it works in the very short term only. > > The same applies in the other direction -- making no real distinction > between free and non-free software is a short term solution to the usability > problem, but does not incentivize hardware vendors to open up designs in the > slightest. Does the status quo incentivize them? > With drivers, user awareness is there at least. (only for people who can actually differentiate drivers and firmware) > People know that the nV drivers are essentially unsupported and if it > breaks, they get to keep the pieces. As opposed to "nouveau usually doesn't work and if it indeed doesn't, just install the non-free driver". > The same isn't true for firmware, users just expect that stuff will work > and if it doesn't, it's Debian's fault. We can either validate that > expectation, or push back on it, saying "this hardware is supported on a > best-effort basis, but we can't help you because it's closed source." This, again, should be equally applied to loadable firmware and firmware on the board. -- WBR, wRAR
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