Re: RYF can, and should, be improved

[Félicien Pillot]

Wed, 5 Jan 2022 02:12:15 +0000,
Leah Rowe via libreplanet-discuss <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org> wrote:
> Discussion welcome. Please, tell me your thoughts!

Hi Leah, thank you for these deep explanations about things like
software/non-software blobs or microcode updates; it helps a lot to
understand the issues and your point of view.

IIUC, you say we should stop thinking in a binary way -- completely free
software compliant / completely non-{free software compliant} --
and rather as if there was a succession of steps towards total freedom,
without restricting our travel to any given "hardware-depth threshold".

I think I agree with you on this point, and I wonder what rms for
example would think about that.

However I'm not comfortable with this argument from
https://osboot.org/news/policy.html#configuration :
> It’s natural that the user may want to create a setup that is less
> free than the default one in osboot. This is perfectly acceptable;
> freedom is superior, and should be encouraged, but the user’s freedom
> to choose should also be respected, and accomodated.

Saying that, you go in the opposite way the FSDG does: it looks like
you're ok with distributing non-free software, just in case if the user
would like it better... I know we aren't talking about software, but
this distinction is not clear for everyone (including me). Anyway, the
word "accomodated" can be a source of debate.
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