Hi All !
I'm confused !
Decided to invest in a wifi usb dongle that has the Atheros AR9271 chipset,
thinking
if it's "libre" it should work with any distro...
Decided to have a look at the newly released Debian 10, only to realise that
Debian
list the atheros-firmware (in this case ath9k) as "non-free" !
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=firmware-atheros
I was wondering if someone could explain or has a link (from fsf ?) so that i
can
read up on why there are differences in what libre distro's vs Debian
consider non-free.
Thanks !
PS: The Debian 10 live+nonfree iso works (after network preference
adjustment).
