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   <H1>[Mageia-dev] Removal of non-free firmware from core section</H1>
    <B>andre999</B> 
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<PRE>Frank Griffin a &#233;crit :
&gt;<i> On 11/10/2011 02:25 AM, Johnny A. Solbu wrote:
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> In other words, you would prefer to have non-free drivers to remain 
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> in the &quot;core&quot; tree because otherwise some hardware may not work? (Did 
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> i understand you correctly?)
</I>&gt;<i> If we're going to have core and non-free to begin with, then non-free 
</I>&gt;<i> stuff shouldn't be in core.  That being said, it isn't the problem 
</I>&gt;<i> here.  The problem is that non-free isn't as available as core.  It 
</I>&gt;<i> should be, based on prompting the user during install.  Those who want 
</I>&gt;<i> a totally free system that lacks non-free functionality just have to 
</I>&gt;<i> say no.
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</I>&gt;<i> If it makes a philosophical difference, then have no default and 
</I>&gt;<i> require the user to explicitly answer yes or no, and get treated 
</I>&gt;<i> accordingly.  Putting non-free stuff in core is an attempted solution 
</I>&gt;<i> to the problem that enabling and using non-free in an installed 
</I>&gt;<i> core-only system is much more complicated than it ought to be.  By the 
</I>&gt;<i> time a user boots his installed system, non-free stuff should already 
</I>&gt;<i> be there if he wants it there.
</I>&gt;<i>
</I>I agree totally.
Why would someone wanting to avoid non-free at any price want to impose 
that on others, particularly for such key factors as drivers and firmware ?
Doesn't sound very respectful of freedom in my mind.
I can understand if it were regarding less critical components of the 
system.

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Andr&#233;

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