Re: Etch timeline is unrealistic because non-free firmware is NOT being dealt with

[Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net>]

Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> writes:

>   # Our priorities are our users and free software
>
>   We will be guided by the needs of our users and the free software community.
>   We will place their interests first in our priorities. We will support the
>   needs of our users for operation in many different kinds of computing
>   environments. We will not object to non-free works that are intended to be
>   used on Debian systems, or attempt to charge a fee to people who create or
>   use such works. We will allow others to create distributions containing both
>   the Debian system and other works, without any fee from us. In furtherance
>   of these goals, we will provide an integrated system of high-quality
>   materials with no legal restrictions that would prevent such uses of the
>   system.

Nothing here says that when we have no way to support a user's task
with free software, we will go ahead and ship nonfree software to do
this.