Hi Marc On 2021/07/26 12:05, Marc Haber wrote: >> Debian as a project actively promoting open core software would be quite >> a change since so far Debian was the major distribution pushing the most >> for a system with only free software as defined by the Debian Free >> Software Guidelines. > > I agree. As long as we still ship installation DVDs that won't cleanly > install on the majority of end-user workstation hardware and even on a > sizeable portion of server hardware, call this a feature and dismiss the > working DVD image as "unofficial and not part of Debian proper" this > looks at least a bit skewed.
Do you mind explaining your statement? As far as shipping non-free software/firmware/drivers are concerned, the Debian Free Software Guides and Social Contract is very explicit about what we can do in what we call Debian. It's a very far stretch to compare DFSG free software, which the upstream also has non-free versions of, to including non-free software on any kind of installation media. -Jonathan