Re: Proposal for restricted drivers policy adjustment

2009-01-19 Thread Martin Pitt
Markus Hitter [2008-11-20 16:48 +0100]: > BTW, are those proprietary drivers stored for distribution on a > Ubuntu server or are they downloaded from the original source each > time? They are on the Ubuntu archive server, since they need some modifications and the DKMS packaging. Martin -- M

Re: Proposal for restricted drivers policy adjustment

2008-11-20 Thread Markus Hitter
Am 20.11.2008 um 14:29 schrieb Michael Hrabanek: >> When our voices will be loud enough we can make change and get rid of >> proprietary drivers. BTW, are those proprietary drivers stored for distribution on a Ubuntu server or are they downloaded from the original source each time? The later

Re: Proposal for restricted drivers policy adjustment

2008-11-20 Thread Ian Lynch
On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 13:29 +, Chris Coulson wrote: > Michael, > > What you seem to be suggesting is nothing short of harrassment. > Although free drivers are nice, some manufacturers will probably never > provide free drivers (Nvidia, for example). That is their own choice, Maybe a better

Re: Proposal for restricted drivers policy adjustment

2008-11-20 Thread Chris Coulson
2008/11/9 Michael Hrabanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have been thinking recently about the restricted driver policy. It's > nice to get hardware directly not supported by kernel to work at least > by using non-free drivers, but on the other side this could be > two-edged and lead to ignorance from h