Firmware and software plugins are individual issues unto themselves.

Firmware that is needed to properly support hardware is in a class by itself, and the issue at hand.

As far as binary drivers. No. Even then, another separate issue.

This is solely on the kernel loadable firmware only. Nothing else.

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Sent: ‎6/‎3/‎2015 6:43 AM
To: James Powell<mailto:james4591@hotmail.com>
Cc: KatolaZ<mailto:katolaz@freaknet.org>; Daniel Reurich<mailto:daniel@centurion.net.nz>; dng@???<mailto:dng@lists.dyne.org>
Subject: Re: [Dng] straw poll, non-free firmware for installers

On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 05:24:30AM -0700, James Powell wrote:

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> Should it be default added, no, but offered for choice? Absolutely.
>

But how far this should/will go? After having offered the possibility
of bringing in non-free firmware during the installation, shall devuan
also offer to install non-free drivers for your video card? And what
about flash plugins then, or Skype? The "end user" might want to
choose them, so should we offer her/him to install them?

This was indeed the Ubuntu-way of dealing with non-free software, and
I personally don't like it at all. I would rather prefer having a
clear, neat and discernable separation between what is free software
and what is not, as in Debian, and to have by default only free
software available, with non-free stuff in a separate repo which
requires separate and explicit setup to work.

My2Cents

KatolaZ

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