[Mageia-dev] Non-free firmwares in installer

[andre999]

Wolfgang Bornath a écrit :
>
> 2011/3/24 Olivier Blin<mageia at blino.org>:
>> Thorsten van Lil<tvl83 at gmx.de>  writes:
>>
>>> Am 24.03.2011 09:57, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath:
>>>> 2011/3/24 Ahmad Samir<ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com>:
>>>>> On 24 March 2011 02:58, Dexter Morgan<dmorganec at gmail.com>    wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Ahmad Samir<ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com>    wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Has the Free DVD in Mandriva ever contained non-free firmware?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, but the question is more , will we provide a "non free" dvd iso,
>>>>>> and this question is i think interesting.
>>>>>>
>>>> A possible solution for people with such a setup could be a non-free
>>>> "driver cd ISO" which they could include in the installation process.
>>>>
>>>
>>> What about a DVD including non-free packages but has the option to not
>>> install them?
>>> I think the majority of the users don't care that much about
>>> proprietary issues, they just need them for using there wireless card
>>> or graphic card. Those how do care can just uncheck the non-free part
>>> of the DVD. :)
>>
>> Yep, it could just be an option. The desktop selection step seems to be a
>> good place in the installer to include it, it is visible enough, and
>> right before packages installation. Though it would have to be renamed.
>>
>> We could have a checkbox "Install proprietary drivers if needed
>> (non-free software)", ticked by default.

perfect solution :)

>
> Are you aware that this would mean that Mageia is not a "free
> distribution" as planned? No matter how you phrase the question and
> how many checkboxes a user would have to check, if non-free contents
> is included in an ISO it is not a free ISO anymore.

Mageia the distribution includes non-free software.  We are talking 
about what we include on the ISO.
If users want to exclude installing any non-free packages, this 
check-box solution solves the problem nicely.

So users that want to ensure that their installation works "out of the 
box" will be satisfied.
And purists that don't mind some things not working, can avoid 
installing non-free drivers.

Sounds like a win-win solution to me :)

-- 
André