+1 for making this an option in the installer, deselected by default.

I like the idea of having a means to explicitly opt-in for non-free
firmware at install time for convenience, but not such firmware being
forced into the installation. The freedom of choice thingy, revisited.

Cheers,
Urban

Anto wrote on 03.06.2015 11:48:
> On 03/06/15 10:37, Daniel Reurich wrote:
>> I'd like a straw poll on whether we should include non-free firmware
>> in our installers by default.
>
> I prefer that all non-free packages including the firmwares to be
> excluded in the default installer. However, it would be great if there
> were options to select them during installation process. Otherwise, I
> will choose them later after the base installation is completed, which I
> usually do.