>>>>> "Bas" == Bas Wijnen <wijnen@debian.org> writes: Bas> Everyone seems to mention firmware; I don't hear anyone saying we really Bas> need to support games with non-free game data, or shareware programs. Bas> And I agree. Bas> So to the candidates: can you please let us know whether you would be in Bas> favor of restricting non-free, so that it will only contain things that Bas> are required for making hardware work, and for which there is no fully Bas> functional free alternative? If not, do you think restricting it on Bas> other grounds is a good idea? If so, which criteria would you Bas> suggest? We also have documentation in non-free. Documentation of Free Software. I don't think it would be a good idea to keep non-free firmware for closed hardware, but throw out documentation for free software, even it if fails to meet the DFSG. Having sub-categories on the other hand... Bas> This is also related to Paul's point: Bas> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 02:16:09PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: >> Add an extra component that d-i could add to sources.list when >> non-free firmware is needed, instead of adding all of non-free. >> >> Likewise for drivers, GNU documentation, the web, tools for external >> APIs and other common categories of non-free things. Bas> (Aside: I like all the ideas in Paul's mail, but this one is relevant Bas> here.) Bas> Would you be in favor of such categories of non-free, where we can Bas> perhaps include some of them (firmware) by default on installation Bas> media? This would be useful, but I still wouldn't enable any such category by default. D-i could tell the user they may need some of those repositories, but in the end, adding them should be a conscious choice From the user's part. But that - again - wouldn't bring us any closer to dropping SC §5, yet, would complicate a number of things, for - in my opinion - little gain. I'd support such an initiative, if the relevant parties are all for it, but I wouldn't actively push for an implementation. -- |8]
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