On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 05:31:09PM +0100, Alf Gaida wrote: > > > Ian, thats dead easy - put the needed packages onto the iso and be done > with. The installer should have an option to opt-in contrib and/or > non-free. Done. Ok, that was the technical part.
Which has the potential to make the installer non-distributable or not freely redistributable the same way as free packages. Even if the Debian project obtained the necessary permission/license to redistributed, it would certainly have restrictions and I suspect it would not likely be something that would autoatically transfer to other entities (think users copying/sharing installers or derivative distributions). The situation is more complex than your characterization. Regards, -Roberto