On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler(a)chello.at> wrote:
drago01 wrote:
> The advantages is that things just work (tm).
They "just work" as long as you don't try to actually exercise one of the
freedoms we stand for.
Which one?
Or even just install an out-of-tree kernel module
such as the ones from RPM Fusion.
You can disable secure boot (unless we find a better solution) ...
adding secure boot support won't make this any harder.
I don't think this is something we should
endorse, also because our endorsement may entice M$ to change away from the
current situation ("Secure" Boot optional) which is certainly a compromise
in their eyes.
I doubt that but well we both can't know that beforehand so this point is moot.
> No one will stop you (or anyone else) from disabling it.
It's as easy as setting an option in the firmware ("BIOS") setup, so I
don't
see why we can't just require it from everyone.
It is easy for you, for me, for pretty much everyone on this mailing
list but there are different types of users out there.
And you effectively want to limit those users to a proprietary OS
(they cannot even try our live images anymore).