Tobias Frost <tobi@debian.org> writes:
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 07:39:21AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> Ansgar <ansgar@43-1.org> writes:
>>
>> > On Fri, 2022-08-19 at 16:23 +0200, Simon Richter wrote:
>> >> Do we need to update the Debian Social Contract for that?
>> >> Specifically paragraph 1, which currently reads
>> >>
>> >> Debian will remain 100% free
>> >
>> > No. Just like we don't need to update the Debian Social Contract for
>> > having https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/: we just ship
>> > additional files that might be useful for people having specific
>> > hardware.
>>
>> I disagree -- what is being proposed here is to replace our current
>> DSC-compatible free software installer images with non-free. That goes
>> significantly further than what the spirit of DSC§5 suggests.
>
> It not being replaced; there are just additional bits in there which
> help people to actually be able to install Debian on some modern machines.
That seems incorrect. Here is a quote from the proposal:
We will include non-free firmware packages from the
"non-free-firmware" section of the Debian archive on our official
media (installer images and live images).
...
We will publish these images as official Debian media, replacing the
^^^^^^^^^
current media sets that do not include non-free firmware packages.
I think this is both a step in the wrong direction, and a step too far
in the wrong direction.
/Simon
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