Of course. But a Ubuntu user must have the freedom to remove the non-free material easily. The problem is not it's included, the problem is it's included in the kernel package so user can't remove it unless by recompiling linux.
And splitting linux-image in a free-as-in-freedom part and a free-as-in- free-beer part doesn't cost anything. So why not ? -- Proprietary Firmware in default Linux-image-xxx https://launchpad.net/bugs/52953 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs