On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 02:13:03PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On 08 Mar 2004 13:49:57 -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:46:42AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG > >> wrote: > >> > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > > >> > > If i am stopped from maintaining the driver for the ADSL modem > >> > > that provides me access to the internet, and thus enables me to > >> > > do my debian work, will you step in and pay me (and others who > >> > > use the same modem) a new adsl modem that is supported by > >> > > non-free software. > >> > > >> > How could the removal of non-free stop you from maintaining the > >> > driver? > >> > >> No more BTS ? no more download area. > > > You could still maintain it; since your purpose is to have access to > > the internet through this modem, you would still be able to do that > > whether you were distributing the work to other people or not. > > But then everyone else who is saving their time by using > Sven's driver would have to duplicate it, and that may be a > significant amount of time lost that culd have gone towards > something more useful (anyone who can generate a new driver > has a modicum of technical competence). Even worse, someone > transitioning to Debian, helped by that driver, shall no longer have > access, and not yet being able to compile their own drivers, leave -- > and we have lost a future contributor.
Hey, just today i had to help out someone who was doing just that, and had trouble installing debian/sarge with only this pci adsl modem as a network connection. Friendly, Sven Luther