Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Trisqel, Debian, and non-free firmware

[Simon Ward]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 05:03:52PM +0000, Bob Ham wrote:
> I'm not completely sure what the intention is within the Debian
> community on this particular point.  I could be wrong but I actually
> get the impression that the Debian community itself isn't completely
> sure what the intention is within the Debian community.

This isn’t unusual from what I’ve seen. :)

It seems to be re‐wording the message to the user during install in a
way that keeps the FSF happy. Basically, don’t suggest non‐free
software, or if you must mention the fact that it exists inform the user
why that is bad. I linked to one thread elsewhere, but here it is again:

http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/fsf-collab-discuss/2012-August/000108.html

Simon
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