On Fri, 2017-12-01 at 12:16 -0500, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 05:31:09PM +0100, Alf Gaida wrote: > > > > > > > Ian, thats dead easy - put the needed packages onto the iso and be done > > with. The installer should have an option to opt-in contrib and/or > > non-free. Done. Ok, that was the technical part. > > Which has the potential to make the installer non-distributable or not > freely redistributable the same way as free packages. Even if the > Debian project obtained the necessary permission/license to > redistributed, it would certainly have restrictions and I suspect it > would not likely be something that would autoatically transfer to other > entities (think users copying/sharing installers or derivative > distributions). > > The situation is more complex than your characterization.
FWIW, almost all the non-free firmware packaged in Debian is freely redistributable. The only exceptions I know are in the firmware- ipw2x00 and firmware-ivtv packages, which have 'clickwrap' EULAs. firmware-ivtv will never be needed at installation time, and firmware- ipw2x00 is for wifi chips that haven't been sold for around 10 years, so I think it would be reasonable to leave it out. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings When in doubt, use brute force. - Ken Thompson
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