Re: Proposal - Amendment - allow hardware support from non-free into the debian system
mjr@phonecoop.coop wrote:
> 3. as a special exception to help users who have vital hardware
>without free software drivers yet, the Debian system and official CD
>images may include hardware-support packages from the admin section of
>the non-free archive area which conform to all Debian Free Software
>Guidelines except guideline 2 (Source Code), or an archive section/area
>with equivalent requirements.
This may include proprietary kernel drivers and will exclude important
firmwares which are not legally modifiable. Both too much and too little
at the same time. I would otherwise support a similar amendment, but I
in this form I consider it harmful to our cause.
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ciao,
Marco
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