Re: Bug#1032453: non-free-firmware changes and documentation needs to happen after SC change

Hi,


On Fri, 2023-04-21 at 15:35 +0200, Laura Arjona Reina wrote:
> Hello
> 
> El 21 de abril de 2023 14:30:24 CEST, Osamu Aoki <[email protected]> escribió:
...
> 
> > So this why_debian page needs to be updated first.
...
> > But in order to update this why_debian page properly, I think we need to
> > wait SC change.  (I CC [email protected] ML)
...
> > No agreement has been reached on SC text since that is the next planned
> > action.
> > 
> 
> This already happened:
> 
> https://salsa.debian.org/webmaster-team/webwml/-/commit/79d1ad80a8ac84afa8c8a224b81fb50c327e6b4f

Oops.  Thanks.

> > Once the new SC text is accepted, I will update this §2.1.5 following
> > why_debian page on www.debian.org.
> > 
> 
> In a first pass I thought that the page why_debian didn't need an update. I'll
> look at this more closely, comparing with Debian Reference and other updated
> documents, during this weekend (if anybody wants to go ahead, I'm also happy
> to read  proposals from others).

I see we can still argue Debian is 100% FREE and leave the text as they are.

The question is how to address things written in updated SC in the updated
why_debian /debian-reference §2.1.5.  I mean the following part:


> Thus, although non-free works are not a part of Debian, we support their use
> and provide infrastructure for non-free packages (such as our bug tracking
> system and mailing lists). The Debian official media may include firmware that
> is otherwise not part of the Debian system to enable use of Debian with
> hardware that requires such firmware.


Some short footnote may help.  Since I don't like to use negated text, I may add
text along following as footnote later.  (This is my first thought.  I may need
to think more.)


> Debian project supports use of non-free works and provides infrastructure for
> non-free packages (such as our bug tracking system and mailing lists). The
> Debian official media may include firmware that is otherwise not part of the
> Debian system to enable use of Debian with hardware that requires such
> firmware.

But before doing this, I want to see how why_debian deals this.

Regards,

Osamu