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

[Quiliro Ordóñez]

On 09/12/11 12:40, James Vasile wrote:
> 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.

Is this possible? What skills are needed for this? Could we collectively 
finance a payment for this (even if it could be a very small one)?