Le Sun, Sep 11, 2022 at 08:19:26AM +0200, Simon Josefsson a écrit : > The problem is caused by hardware manufacturer chosing to require > non-free works for their use. The blame for that choice lies on the > hardware manufacturer, not on Debian. Accepting the blame for someone > else's choices and taking on the responsibility solve the consequences > of that choice seems misguided to me. It makes it harder for users to > experience the frustration of such hardware themselves. I disagree they > always get the non-free installer eventually: some end up learning about > the problem and chose better hardware. Some end up reverse engineering > their hardware, and contributing to a free solution. Some dislike other > distributions taking a less rigid stance on non-free works, and will > come up with work-arounds to get Debian to work on the hardware. If > Debian takes on itself to solve the problems with non-free hardware, I > think we are in more difficult position to ask for a change.
Seconded. We fought against lack of Linux drivers, then against the lack of free drivers. Now, since in a lot of situation it is not tenable not to provide Linux drivers (because Linux is the dominant server OS), since it is not tenable to provide only non-free drivers (because entreprise distros do not ship them), the move is toward smaller and smaller drivers loading larger and larger non-free firmware. Debian should not trick users into downloading non-free files. Cheers, -- Bill. <[email protected]> Imagine a large red swirl here.
