From: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>
To: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Installation: Load non-free wifi firmware (iwlwifi)
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 12:21:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4a584d0b-a2c4-8a0a-90c0-64aa051392e1@crazy-compilers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87po3slnvb.fsf@gmail.com>
Am 25.03.2018 um 07:34 schrieb Chris Marusich:
> As Ludo mentioned elsewhere, using a dongle is one good option. What
> prevents you from using a dongle?
Why should I punish myself just for to says "Hey, I'm using only free
software"? This benefits nobody! [1]
Please don't get me wrong: free software is to be preferred and we
should push users and vendors towards it. But if for any reason one owns
a device demanding non-free firmware, using e.g. a dongle would not
benefit anybody.[1] The vendor already has the money. In contrary:
buying a dongle adds to environmental pollution and sweating in poor
countries.
The only thing we achieve is distracting users from free software since
it "doe not work".
[1] Given that you basically "trust" the non-free software. Bu if you
don't, you'll not going to use it anyway.
--
Regards
Hartmut Goebel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-25 10:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-02 17:25 Installation: Load non-free wifi firmware (iwlwifi) Pierre Neidhardt
2018-03-02 17:41 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2018-03-02 20:13 ` Carlo Zancanaro
2018-03-02 18:04 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2018-03-05 12:32 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2018-03-05 14:00 ` Clément Lassieur
2018-03-23 13:29 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2018-03-25 5:34 ` Chris Marusich
2018-03-25 6:14 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2018-03-25 10:21 ` Hartmut Goebel [this message]
2018-03-27 9:45 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-03-27 22:05 ` Mark H Weaver
2018-04-13 11:55 ` Hartmut Goebel
2018-03-25 10:57 ` Marius Bakke
2018-03-29 5:11 ` Chris Marusich
2018-05-01 19:30 ` Librem (was: Installation: Load non-free wifi firmware (iwlwifi)) Pierre Neidhardt
2018-05-02 18:07 ` Librem Joshua Branson
2018-05-03 6:47 ` Librem Chris Marusich
2018-05-03 7:44 ` Librem Pierre Neidhardt
2018-05-09 6:07 ` Librem Chris Marusich
2018-05-09 16:58 ` Librem Nils Gillmann
2018-05-04 20:56 ` Librem Joshua Branson
2018-05-04 15:15 ` Librem (was: Installation: Load non-free wifi firmware (iwlwifi)) Christopher Lemmer Webber
2018-05-04 15:17 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2018-05-04 16:32 ` Librem Mike Gerwitz
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2022-05-11 12:19 Installation: Load non-free wifi firmware (iwlwifi) 白い熊
2022-05-11 12:31 ` yasu
2022-05-12 7:37 ` 白い熊＠相撲道
2022-05-12 16:00 ` zimoun
2022-05-12 20:19 ` David Lecompte
2022-05-12 23:53 ` Yasuaki Kudo
2022-05-13 11:59 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2022-05-13 1:33 ` Maxim Cournoyer
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