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+ <B>andre999</B>
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+ <I>Thu Nov 10 14:45:31 CET 2011</I>
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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.
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</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.
+
+--
+Andr&#233;
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