[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer

Thu Mar 24 20:10:47 CET 2011

Wolfgang Bornath a écrit :
+>
+> 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.
+
+perfect solution :)
+
+>
+> 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.
+
+Mageia the distribution includes non-free software.  We are talking 
+about what we include on the ISO.
+If users want to exclude installing any non-free packages, this 
+check-box solution solves the problem nicely.
+
+So users that want to ensure that their installation works "out of the 
+box" will be satisfied.
+And purists that don't mind some things not working, can avoid 
+installing non-free drivers.
+
+Sounds like a win-win solution to me :)
+
+-- 
+André
+