Hi, On 8/18/22 21:58, Steve McIntyre wrote:
We will include non-free firmware packages from the "non-free-firmware" section of the Debian archive on our official media (installer images and live images). The included firmware binaries will *normally* be enabled by default where the system determines that they are required, but where possible we will include ways for users to disable this at boot (boot menu option, kernel command line etc.).
Do we need to update the Debian Social Contract for that? Specifically paragraph 1, which currently reads
Debian will remain 100% free
We provide the guidelines that we use to determine if a work is
"free" in the document entitled "The Debian Free Software
Guidelines". We promise that the Debian system and all its
components will be free according to these guidelines. We will
support people who create or use both free and non-free works on
Debian. We will never make the system require the use of a non-free
component.
The non-free firmware does not fit the requirements of the DFSG, so my
interpretation is that either we need to change the DSC, or define the
installer images to not be part of the Debian system (like the
"non-free" section is not formally part of the Debian system).
Simon
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