Le jeudi 24 mars 2011 à 14:24 +0200, Anssi Hannula a écrit : > On 24.03.2011 12:53, Michael Scherer wrote: > > Le jeudi 24 mars 2011 à 11:15 +0100, Thorsten van Lil a écrit : > >> Am 24.03.2011 09:57, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath: > >>> 2011/3/24 Ahmad Samir<[email protected]>: > >>>> On 24 March 2011 02:58, Dexter Morgan<[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Ahmad Samir<[email protected]> > >>>>> 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. :) > > > > Well, personally, then I would just continue to use Fedora or others > > distribution on my computers, and keep Mageia just for the servers of > > the project. > > Fedora includes non-free firmware both in repo and medias, so why prefer > that?
I know, I likely use them for my wifi card (Atheros AR5008) and also use external ones for my dvb card ( aver-tv red hd+ ), and my webcam ( iSight ). But my issue is not about non-free firmwares and those who use them or not, but about the gradual move to non-free packages on the free dvd iso ( http://netsplit.com/2006/11/27/slippery-slopes/ ). When I started at Mandrake Linux, there was no non-free repository. Then one day, non-free was created, and then soon, it was activated by default for the free version. Then I opened this bug, https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=40033 , who took 2 years to be fixed. And what I just see is yet another push to bury a little bit more values I care. -- Michael Scherer
