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Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change



Quoting Simon Josefsson (2022-09-08 11:29:07)
> Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > Possible wording, which includes the existing option A verbatim:
> 
> Thanks, I prefer this approach over Steve's initial proposal: it solves
> the problem that we would override a foundational document with a GR
> without the required 3:1 majority.
> 
> I'm worried that if we publish only non-free installers, people will
> rightly be quite confused what the Debian project thinks about the
> meaning of the DSC/DFSG.  I would personally believe that publishing
> non-free content as part of the Debian system will violate DSC/DFSG even
> if Steve's GR passed and were implemented: a 1:1 GR should not be
> sufficient to override the meaning of a foundational document.
> 
> > We will publish these images as official Debian media, replacing the
> > current media sets that do not include non-free firmware packages.
> 
> Like Steve's variant triggered Gunnar's modification to allow for both
> free and non-free installers to be published concurrently, what do you
> think about:
> 
>   1) Having two variants of your text -- one that replaces the free
>   installer with a new non-free installer, and one that says we will
>   publish both free and non-free installers?
> 
>   2) Remove the paragraph, effectively making your proposal orthogonal
>   to the decision which images are published?  This could be up to the
>   individual developers to decide.  Some people may want to work on a
>   free installer, and some people may want to work on a non-free
>   installer, and there doesn't necessarily have to be a conflict between
>   those two interests.
> 
> I believe the Debian project is permitted to publish non-free installers
> under the current DSC/DFSG (which it actually is doing today; just
> hidden), but according to the DSC it is not part of the Debian system.
> 
> /Simon

FWIW, I fully agree with Simon Josefsson on the above.


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