2011/3/24 Olivier Blin <mag...@blino.org>: > Thorsten van Lil <tv...@gmx.de> writes: > >> Am 24.03.2011 09:57, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath: >>> 2011/3/24 Ahmad Samir<ahmadsamir3...@gmail.com>: >>>> On 24 March 2011 02:58, Dexter Morgan<dmorga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Ahmad Samir<ahmadsamir3...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Has the Free DVD in Mandriva ever contained non-free firmware? >>>>> >>>>> No, but the question is more , will we provide a "non free" dvd iso, >>>>> and this question is i think interesting. >>>>> >>> A possible solution for people with such a setup could be a non-free >>> "driver cd ISO" which they could include in the installation process. >>> >> >> What about a DVD including non-free packages but has the option to not >> install them? >> I think the majority of the users don't care that much about >> proprietary issues, they just need them for using there wireless card >> or graphic card. Those how do care can just uncheck the non-free part >> of the DVD. :) > > Yep, it could just be an option. The desktop selection step seems to be a > good place in the installer to include it, it is visible enough, and > right before packages installation. Though it would have to be renamed. > > We could have a checkbox "Install proprietary drivers if needed > (non-free software)", ticked by default.
Are you aware that this would mean that Mageia is not a "free distribution" as planned? No matter how you phrase the question and how many checkboxes a user would have to check, if non-free contents is included in an ISO it is not a free ISO anymore. -- wobo