Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> writes: > Le Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 12:37:08PM +0200, Philip Hands a écrit : >> Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> writes: >> >> ... >> > I agree it doesn't make sense for either organization to change >> > approach. I do believe that what we are seeing in this vote, however, >> > is that Debian _is_ changing tactics: rather than providing a 100% free >> > Debian (guided by the DSC/DFSG) and using that as a tactic to change the >> > world, Debian will (under A/E) provide a 99% free Debian. >> >> Stretching that metaphor a little: making non-free firmware available >> in the installer strikes me as equivalent to offering Wellington boots >> to new arrivals at the beach, so that they can wade across the muddy >> patch to get to the nice dry, sandy bit of beach where we play barefoot. > > Yes, but this is not the question at hand. Nobody is suggesting that the > non-free installer should not exist, but whether it should be considered > part of Debian or part of non-free. Exactly "Nobody is suggesting that the non-free installer should not exist" ... including me just then. I'm afraid you seem to have so completely misunderstood the point that I was attempting to make that I don't know where to begin to explain it better. Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] HANDS.COM Ltd. |-| http://www.hands.com/ http://ftp.uk.debian.org/ |(| Hugo-Klemm-Strasse 34, 21075 Hamburg, GERMANY
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