[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer

Thu Mar 24 11:42:47 CET 2011

2011/3/24 Olivier Blin <mageia at blino.org>:
+> Thorsten van Lil <tvl83 at gmx.de> writes:
+>
+>> Am 24.03.2011 09:57, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath:
+>>> 2011/3/24 Ahmad Samir<ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com>:
+>>>> On 24 March 2011 02:58, Dexter Morgan<dmorganec at gmail.com>  wrote:
+>>>>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Ahmad Samir<ahmadsamir3891 at 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
+