Kudos for your very fine summary, Bjørn! I don't know if the proposal to place non-free things into the Debian installation image will be accepted. But if it is not, here is another proposal that would clearly separate the free from the non-free:
The installation image remains 100% free. But at some point the installer asks the user if they wish to add another media containing software. Users would then be able to put another CD or USB key (for example) containing a bundle of non-free drivers. Bundles of non-free drivers would be generated regularly and provided on a webpage which clearly indicates the downsides of having non-free software installed. But it could give a clear tutorial on how to copy the bundle to a USB key and how to tell the debian-installer to use it. -- Fabrice Bauzac-Stehly PGP 01EEACF8244E9C14B551C5256ADA5F189BD322B6 old PGP 015AE9B25DCB0511D200A75DE5674DEA514C891D
