Re: Review for the non-free-firmware template in apt-setup

Philip Hands <[email protected]> Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:31:43 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.boot,gmane.linux.debian.internationalization.english
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Justin B Rye <[email protected]> writes:

> Cyril Brulebois wrote:
...
>>     _Description: Use non-free firmware?
>>      Some non-free firmware has been made to work with Debian. Though this
>
> The phrasing "made to work with" has always struck me as poor, since
> there are two obvious misinterpretations - "created in order to work
> on" or "forced to work on" Debian.  All we mean is things are
> organised so that it's made *available* for use on Debian.  But is
> there a better short way of saying that?  At any rate I don't think
> it's worth slowing down this update.

How about "packaged alongside"?

        Some non-free firmware has been packaged alongside Debian. Though this
       
>>      firmware is not at all a part of Debian, standard Debian tools can be used
>>      to install it. This firmware has varying licenses which may prevent you
>>      from using, modifying, or sharing it.
>>      .
>>      Please choose whether you want to have it available anyway.

which also ought to work for the contrib case.

Cheers, Phil.
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