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   <H1>[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer</H1>
    <B>Dexter Morgan</B> 
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    <I>Fri Mar 25 07:42:51 CET 2011</I>
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<PRE>On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:29 AM, andre999 &lt;<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">andr55 at laposte.net</A>&gt; wrote:
&gt;<i> ok.
</I>&gt;<i> My though was essentially that firmware is so close to hardware that its
</I>&gt;<i> actual free/non-free status shouldn't apply - we should treat it like
</I>&gt;<i> (almost) part of the hardware.
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</I>&gt;<i> As for the drivers, a little more distant from the hardware, they could be
</I>&gt;<i> in non-free, but I sincerely think that they should be on all installation
</I>&gt;<i> isos.
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hi,

Not on ALL ISOS, because that way you don't respect ppl that really
&quot;respect&quot; the free softwares and that don't want any closed software
on their computer.

hth
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