On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 11:13:55AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 11:22:51PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > Given some options: > > > > 1. Don't distribute the firmware blob at all; > > 2. Provide a way to download the blob during install (while admitting > > this won't work if the blob is the code for your ADSL modem); > > 3. Provide the blob on disk in the regular install media (ie in main); > > 4. Provide the blob on disk in a special tained installer > > (ie in non-free or a special firmware section). > > > > Which do you think makes the system *depend* less or more on non-free > > software? (Depend is the key word.) > > Option 3
Why? In all 4 cases, your hardware depends on the blob being loaded, regardless of whether Debian is involved. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
