pan...@disroot.org writes: > I urge Debian to rethink its decision to officially include non-free > firmware and correct the social contract. Instead of making non-free > firmware the default, Debian should ensure that users consciously > choose to install it while being made aware of the implications.
I agree and would personally come back to use Debian on some of my laptops if there was a supported way to install Debian from official installer images that did not promote non-free software by including firmware on them. The recent AMD Microcode vulnerability is a good case-study on the dangers of permitting non-free code to run on your CPU: https://bughunters.google.com/blog/5424842357473280/zen-and-the-art-of-microcode-hacking There is no way for me as a user to audit that the Debian installer images is not including vulnerable microcode, since source code for the firmware is not available. My perception is that the Debian developer community rejected this, and I'm not sure people are ready to reconsider just yet (the trend seems to be the opposite way). Fortunately there are good libre alternatives in Trisquel and Guix available for recommendation meanwhile. /Simon
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