[Freedombox-discuss] non-free on sources.list

James Vasile vasile at freedomboxfoundation.org
Fri Dec 9 17:40:08 UTC 2011


On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 12:07:12 -0200, Felipe Sanches <juca at members.fsf.org> wrote:
> I think that it would be good software-freedom policy to keep the
> repositories completely clean of non-free packages and then have clear
> documentation stating which non-free packages are needed for each
> additional features that are not supported by the fully-free system.
> So, people who cannot afford to lack these features would have to
> manually install the non-free stuff. It is important to leave non-free
> packages to be explicetly installed manually by the users that desire
> them so that every user of non-free packages is aware of its usage of
> non-free stuff (and the reasons for needing that).
> 
> happy hacking,
> Felipe Sanches

This is ultimately a usability vs freedom issue.  There's going to be a
trade-off either way unless somebody writes free software to replace the
wireless firmware and extends the free wireless driver to do host-ap
mode.



More information about the Freedombox-discuss mailing list