Bug#648286: ITP: r8168 -- Realtek r8168 device driver for Linux (DKMS version)
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Hi Martin,
I'm 100% with you.
However I rather see my job in helping users to have a usable
environment rather negotiating vendors who don't even have a contact
email regarding this driver, not to mention the lack of public repository.
As I recently learn, there are some hardware which doesn't work well
with in-kernel r8169 so we might benefit from having an alternative
driver until someone as experienced as you figure out how to fix r8169.
As member of Free Software Foundation I do not like non-free software
but I think it is reasonable that Debian policy tolerates non-free
drivers (in corresponding section) when there is no alternative.
(As a understand it may be the only working driver for some hardware)
I'm sure one day it will become obsolete but until then it may do some
service for those who need it.
Regards,
Dmitry.
On 10/11/11 22:56, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@member.fsf.org> [2011.11.10.1250 +0100]:
>> This is merely an alternative driver from hardware vendor.
>
> … with a binary blob. Hence it is non-free.
>
> Instead of expending time packaging this software, you should spend
> the time convincing the vendor to get the Free Linux driver up to
> shape, which will SAVE them ressources on future development and let
> them benefit from the community.
>
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